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This thoughtless thing at the beginning of most websites actually has a meaning. This is a security certification so you know the website is certified to keep your data safe.
How it Works
The start of it is using a website that has been issued an SSL by the SSL issuing authority. Second, the website checks DNS records for IP address to find the hot of the website when the records are found it goes to the host web server. After going to the server it requests a secure SSL connection from the website host. The host server responds with the SSL certificate that was issued to them and then you have a secure connection with the transferred data is encrypted.
