Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), is an extra level of security for online consumers. It requires you to log on through a secure server, which prevents hackers from accessing your information. SSL uses technology known as encryption. This is software that scrambles the data with secret code. You can typically tell your data has been transmitted safely when a small lock icon appears at the bottom of your browser.
When you enable SSL encryption for your web office, all frames of your SSL-secured site are encrypted, as well as any communication between sync devices and servers. Each member of your web office is required to log in to the site with SSL encryption enabled, so you can share very sensitive, confidential data through your site.
SSL is an optional feature you may purchase through the online store. The affordable service is available to all sites on a per-site, per-year basis.
To provide SSL encryption for your group's site, click Administration > Additional Services.
To log into your web office using SSL encryption, you must use one of the following web browsers, which you can download at the Mozilla or Microsoft web sites:
For PCs:
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6
Mozilla Firefox® 2
For Macintosh:
Mozilla Firefox® 2
On occasion, you may experience performance problems with an SSL-protected site. For example, in the Documents application, the folder and document icons may take a long time to appear, as if they are all being downloaded separately. This can happen if your browser is configured to disallow caching of secure documents. You can improve the performance of SSL by changing this configuration to allow caching. Please not that while changing this setting increases performance, it slightly decreases the security level on your web browser.
If you are using Internet Explorer:
Select Internet Options from the Tools menu in your browser window.
Select the Advanced tab.
Scroll down to the Security section.
Uncheck the "Do not save encrypted pages to disk" option.
Click OK to save your change.