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SiteWatch runs continuously on every monitoring cycle. You do not need to remember to check — you get alerted if anything changes or approaches expiry.",{"question":195,"answer":196},"My hosting provider auto-renews SSL. Why do I need this?","Auto-renewal relies on the renewal email reaching the right inbox, the credit card on file not expiring, and the account not having changed. Agencies regularly discover that a client SSL was not renewed because the client's old email was on the registrar account. SiteWatch catches it 30 days early regardless.",{"question":198,"answer":199},"What is a certificate chain error?","Your SSL cert can be technically valid but the intermediate certificates connecting it to a trusted root can be misconfigured. Some browsers accept it, others show security warnings — making it appear to work in your own browser while failing for clients using different browsers. SiteWatch detects broken chains regardless of how your browser handles it.",{"question":201,"answer":202},"What TLS versions and ciphers do you flag?","Deprecated protocols: TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 (both deprecated by RFC 8996). Weak ciphers: RC4, NULL, export-grade ciphers, and 3DES — all known to be cryptographically broken or vulnerable.",{"question":204,"answer":205},"Is SSL monitoring included on the free plan?","Yes. SSL certificate monitoring, chain validation, and TLS configuration checks are included on every plan including the free plan.",{"id":207,"tocLabel":208,"type":209,"heading":210,"subtext":211,"primaryLabel":212,"primaryHref":38},"cta","Get started","cta-strip","Start monitoring SSL before the next expiry surprises you","Free plan. 1 site. SSL monitoring included. 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