Hi. We currently working on a web application that has a database and thinking of an ssl to secure the database. Its not a site (web application) for transactions so the danger of phising or fraud is less that's why am going for T low level security cert. With 126 bit encryption. Is my application safe? Should I go ahead and buy it?

What ssl does is guarantee that data transmitted btw ur app and the client is not tampered with while in transit. Beyond that it does nothing else. Ultimately d security of ur app depends on how secure ur code is. U hav to ensure that ur code is secure from xss, sql injection, DoS etc. A good web framework like django or express will handle d first 2 but 4 d third u may need to implement an IP based throtling/caching system and use a cluster of appservers/load balancers. So in my opinion, go for whatever cert u can afford then work security into ur app code.

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