A Web Server SSL Certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site to visiting browsers and encrypts information for the server via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format — ciphertext —, which can only be returned to a readable format with the proper decryption key. All of our Web Server Certificates use 128-bit encryption.

A certificate serves as an electronic "passport" that establishes an online entity's credentials when doing business on the Web. When an Internet user attempts to send confidential information to a Web server, the user's browser will access the server's digital certificate and establish a secure connection.

A Web Server SSL Certificate contains the following information:

• The certificate holder's name,
• The certificate's serial number and expiration date,
• Copy of the certificate holder's public key,
• The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority.

A Web Server SSL Certificate secures safe, easy and convenient Internet shopping. Once an Internet user enters a secure area — by entering credit card information, e-mail address or other personal data, for example — the shopping site's Web Server SSL Certificate enables the browser and Web server to build a secure, encrypted connection. The SSL "handshake" process, which establishes the secure session, takes place discreetly behind the scene without interrupting the consumer's shopping experience. A "padlock" icon in the browser's status bar and the "https://" prefix in the URL are the only visible indications of a secure session in progress.

By contrast, if a user attempts to submit personal information to an unsecured Web site (i.e., a site that is not protected with a valid SSL certificate), the browser's built-in security mechanism will trigger a warning to the user, reminding him/her that the site is not secure and that sensitive data might be intercepted by third parties. Faced with such a warning most Internet users likely will look elsewhere to make a purchase.

All of our Web Server Certificates provide 128-bit encryption.

SSL is the de facto standard for creating a secure, encrypted link between a Web server and a browser. SSL thus ensures safe passage of sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, passwords, user names, etc. SSL is used by e-commerce Web sites as a means to protect online transactions with their customers. Once a secure connection has been established, SSL encrypts information sent from your browser to the Web server. SSL utilizes the public-and-private key encryption system.

An "https://" prefix in the URL and a key or padlock icon in the browser's status bar indicates that a Web site is secure.

An SSL-encrypted session is generally commenced once a visitor signs in to a secure area of a Web site, such as the checkout or account-management area of an online store.

The term "browser ubiquity" describes an SSL certificate's browser compatibility – i.e., the extent to which the Certification Authority's root certificate is included in the Web browsers on the market. In other words: If the root certificate of the CA is present in the "trusted Root Certificates" store of the browser, then the SSL certificates issued by the CA are compatible with that browser. Thus, a high browser ubiquity means that most existing browsers recognize a certificate, and that secure transactions thus can take place on those browsers. In other words: The more browsers and browser versions supported, the higher the level of browser ubiquity, and hence, the more versatile the certificate is. Most SSL certificate services support all major browsers.

 

Our root certificate — the Valicert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority — is installed in the following browser versions:

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