I am just getting into SSL. I had the following three Q's.

I understand that using lunar's shared SSL my normal html form page will post form data securely to the mysql db on the server. I have to use the https://<lunarserver>.lunarpages.com/~userid/form.html link to do that.

Q1: I saw the following post on the forum. http://www.lunarforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4062&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Either my understanding is incorrect (see 2nd para of this post) or the other forum post referred is incorrect? Do I understand this correctly? Ar eboth ways correct?

Q2: Once I have the data on the MySQl db on the server are there different ways to download it securely to my local machine?

One way appears to be to connect to the MySql on the server on port 3036?? I am planning on using a mysql version compiled with openSSL. I presume I have to specify the server as https://<lunarserver>.lunarpages.com:3036. Will this allow me to download data securely?

Q3: Are there other ways to download data securely?

Thanks