[Treborika]

Websites are required to acquire the certificate through purchasing it from the SSL issuing authorities. However there are some web hosting companies that offer free SSL certificate to their users.
One of the main reasons for the certificate being for the security of data between the visitor of a website and the website itself.
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[Mika]

SSL encrypts and decrypts data in a website, thus, stopping hackers from stealing data. Hosting companies that offer free SSL are mostly giving you lets encrypt SSL.