SSL is protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting
private documents via the Internet. SSL works by using a private
key to encrypt data that's transferred over the SSL connection.
Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and
many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information,
such as credit card numbers. By convention, URLs that require
an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.
Who needs a SSL Certificate?
Any website that stores "sensitive" information
like Credit Card numbers, personal information about other people
(like names and addresses, Identity Numbers, Passwords etc) or
sensitive company information, should only acquire the data from
the individual via a secure connection. Not only is a secure connection
important to protect you (the website owner) from fraud, but it
is essential to protect your customers and staff from fraud as
well.
Why is it important?
Firstly, when you enter data (including passwords,
credit card numbers) over a non-secure internet connection, the
data is transmitted from your PC to the destination server in
plain text. The fact that your browser shows a bunch of '******'
for the password is simply what it shows you. Your password is
still being transmitted as plain text!
So what does it matter?
Any data transmitted over the internet as plain
text can be intercepted. It's as simple as that. A person with
malicious intentions simply has to listen on the right ports or
look in the right places to read exactly what you entered. If
that data happened to be your password or your credit card number
... well, you can guess what happens after that.
128-bit encryption - Cryptographers consider
128-bit encryption practically impossible to crack (it would take
millions of years with the fastest computers to try all the combinations).
With 128-bit encryption you can ensure that your international
customer base will be able to exchange information with you using
the strongest possible encryption.
How does SSL Work?
- Client requests for secure resource.
- Web-server presents its certificate.
- Client verifies the certificate.
- Client generates a Session Key (40, 56 or 128bit).
- Client extracts the public key from the web server certificate and encrypts the session key.
- Client then sends encrypted key back to the Web-server.
- Web- server decrypts the session key and both now have a common key for that session.
- Both the web-site and the client can now communicate securely.
- When the browser closes the window or server drops the connection the session is terminated.
- Next time browser comes back to the same page a new session key is generated.
We have partnered with Verisign and Thawte to bring you a complete
range of SSL certificates
to choose from for your website, server or ecommerce portal. You
can choose any one from the SSL
Certificates.
To contact us for purchase of SSL Certificate please complete one
of our online contact
forms.
