# Do I Need To Go After HTTPS Site?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Tags:** media-players-and-devices\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598 "2018-01-18T06:08:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![John\_Parker1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@John\_Parker1](https://community.wowza.com/u/John_Parker1)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598/1 "2018-01-18T06:08:03Z")

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Hey there, I would like to know the benefits that I can have if I go for HTTPS Site. I am an essay service provider and I will be useful for me if I can understand if I can improve my services offered to my clients if I employ HTTPS elements to [my websites](http://essaysauthor.com/). Please help me

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**Author:** ![Stuart\_Gunn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Stuart\_Gunn](https://community.wowza.com/u/Stuart_Gunn)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598/2 "2018-01-18T21:58:55Z")

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Going HTTPS can’t hurt but your Wowza streams will also need to be HTTPS. Remember HTTPS is not a panacea for security, it’s just one link in a long chain.

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**Author:** ![Zachary\_Goldsmith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7cd45c/32.png) [@Zachary\_Goldsmith](https://community.wowza.com/u/Zachary_Goldsmith)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598/3 "2018-01-19T00:05:30Z")

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If you do, look into Let’s Encrypt, which offer free issuance of SSL certificates renewed every 30 days. There is also a script to auto convert the newly generated SSL certificate to the .JKS format required for Wowza Streaming Engine. A cron job can be set to facilitate that process automatically, and even so without restarting Wowza every 30 days.

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**Author:** ![Ankita\_Sharma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Ankita\_Sharma](https://community.wowza.com/u/Ankita_Sharma)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 10:10am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598/4 "2018-01-19T10:10:00Z")

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Thank you @Stuart Gunn.

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Ramberg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Andrew\_Ramberg](https://community.wowza.com/u/Andrew_Ramberg)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/do-i-need-to-go-after-https-site/50598/5 "2018-02-19T22:49:47Z")

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Hello,

You might also want to checkout the free [StreamLock certificates](https://www.wowza.com/docs/how-to-get-ssl-certificates-from-the-streamlock-service) as they offer a quick way to setup SSL in Wowza Streaming Engine.

Best regards,  
Andrew