Q: Does having a Certificate and a Domain imply secure traffic?
A1: Domain = No. freerepublic.com is a domain. Registering a domain name does not create data security on your server. By analogy, posting your street number outside your house does not prevent burglary.
A2: Security Certificate = mixed. Security Certificates are files with data showing other servers that yours has been deemed secure by a third party that has established credibility to issue such certificates (for $). Having a Certificate provides no security to you; the lack of a security certificate warns other systems that communicating with your system might be risky. Presumably the issuer has verified that your system is legitimate, has a firewall and various security measures in place, etc. This would have zero effect on insecurity of Hillary’s Blackberry.
Thanks...somewhere in my brain I knew that, but had a whirlwind of things going through my mind.
Embarrassing, but true...:)