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People are getting smart about online security. More and more of them are looking for the padlock icon and “https” prefix in the address bar of their browser before submitting personal information online. If your Web site doesn’t have an SSL Certificate, visitors may leave before making a purchase, creating an account or even signing up for a newsletter. But you can change all that with an SSL from Amp it up media - www.ampitupdomains.com.

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What is an SSL certificate?

Last Updated: September 14, 2007 2:23 PM

An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information sent to the server using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can only be returned to a readable format with the proper decryption key.

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 accesses the server’s digital certificate and establishes a secure connection.

An SSL certificate contains the following information:

• The certificate holder’s name
  
• The certificate’s serial number and expiration date
  
• A copy of the certificate holder’s public key
  
• The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority

 

How does an SSL certificate work?

Last Updated: September 17, 2007 10:39 AM

An SSL certificate ensures safe, easy, and convenient Internet shopping. Once an Internet user enters a secure area — by entering credit card information, email address, or other personal data, for example — the shopping site's 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 triggers 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 will likely look elsewhere to make a purchase.

What Is the Encryption Strength of Your SSL Certificates?

Last Updated: July 19, 2007 12:30 PM

All of our SSL certificates support both industry-standard 128-bit and high-grade 256-bit encryption.

The actual encryption strength on a secure connection using a digital certificate is determined by the level of encryption supported by the user's browser and the server that the Web site resides on. For example, the combination of a Firefox browser and an Apache Web server normally enables up to 256-bit AES encryption with our SSL certificates. This means that depending on the Web browser and Web server that combine to establish the secure connection through one of our SSL certificates, the encryption strength of the secure connection may be 40, 56, 128, or 256 bit.

 

Installing Your SSL Certificate

Last Updated: December 13, 2007 3:57 PM

Once signed and issued, you will receive an email message that allows you to download the certificate along with our intermediate certificates, all of which must be installed on your Web site.

The specific installation procedure is determined by your choice of Web server software. Click the link below for Certificate-Installation instructions for all supported types of Web servers:

Certificate-Installation Instructions

NOTE: To install your certificate, you need the original private key, which was created when you first generated your Certificate Signing Request (CSR). If you cannot find this key, or it cannot be accessed, you cannot use the certificate and you have to get a new one.

What is an SSL certificate?

Last Updated: September 14, 2007 2:23 PM

An SSL certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a Web site and encrypts information sent to the server using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can only be returned to a readable format with the proper decryption key.

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 accesses the server’s digital certificate and establishes a secure connection.

An SSL certificate contains the following information:

• The certificate holder’s name
  
• The certificate’s serial number and expiration date
  
• A copy of the certificate holder’s public key
  
• The digital signature of the certificate-issuing authority

How will my customers know that my site is secure?

Last Updated: September 17, 2007 11:08 AM

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

An SSL-encrypted session usually starts 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.

How long does it take to issue an SSL certificate?

Last Updated: December 17, 2007 12:20 PM

Deluxe SSL Certificates

If all required documentation has been successfully authenticated and the final phone call has been completed (during business hours of the requestor), a Deluxe SSL Certificate generally can be issued within 2-5 hours of CSR submission.

SSL Certificates

If all required documentation is provided and we successfully authenticate the submitted information, an SSL Certificate can be issued within minutes of CSR submission.

What is a Premium SSL Certificate?

Last Updated: September 28, 2007 7:45 PM

A Premium SSL certificate is a digital certificate issued in conformance with the extended validation guidelines defined by the CA/Browser Forum.

The introduction of Premium SSL certificates will tighten the security of Internet transactions as certificate requestors will be subject to a thorough, standardized vetting process which all issuing Certification Authorities (CAs) must adhere to.

The Premium SSL certificate standard provides an improved level of authentication of entities that request digital certificates for securing transactions on their Web sites. The Premium SSL Certificate standard provides an improved level of authentication of entities that request digital certificates for securing transactions on their Web sites. The latest generation of Internet browsers will display Premium SSL-secured Web sites in a way that allows visitors to instantly recognize that the organization that operates the site has been authenticated in accordance with the CA/Browser Forum's uniform vetting standard.

Premium SSL certificates are particularly useful for companies whose Internet domains are considered at a high risk of being targeted by phishing schemes and other types of Internet fraud. High-risk domains include domains owned by high-profile online financial services, banking sites, auction sites, popular retailers and other sites that conduct Internet transactions likely to be targeted by Internet fraud.

What Are the Benefits of an Extended Validation SSL Certificate?

Last Updated: December 12, 2007 3:34 PM

In essence: The combination of a rigorous, standardized vetting process and new browser versions displaying EV SSL-secured Web sites differently enables Web site visitors to instantly recognize that a Web site can be trusted. As Internet users become familiar with the new browser versions, they will immediately recognize the difference between Web sites that are secured with traditional SSL certificates and those that are covered by the more stringent EV SSL standard.

What is the difference between a Premium SSL Certificate and a Deluxe SSL Certificate?

Last Updated: September 5, 2007 10:22 AM

The main difference between Premium and Deluxe SSL certificates is the vetting process that must be completed in order for the Certification Authority (CA) to issue a signed certificate to the requestor. Additionally, Web sites secured with Premium SSL certificates will be displayed differently in the new generation of Web browsers, starting with Internet Explorer 7. New versions of Firefox and Opera browsers will soon follow.

More comprehensive than the Deluxe vetting process, the Premium SSL vetting process validates the requestor's domain control and verifies the requesting entity's legal existence and identity. The process authenticates the following information pertaining to the certificate-requesting organization:

• Legal existence: The Certification Authority (CA) must confirm with the Incorporating Agency in the requesting entity's Jurisdiction of Incorporation that, as of the date the Premium Certificate is issued, the organization named in the Premium Certificate legally exists as a valid organization or entity in the Jurisdiction of Incorporation.
  
• Identity: The CA must confirm that, as of the date the Premium Certificate is issued, the legal name of the entity named in the Premium Certificate matches the name on the official government records of the Incorporating Agency in the requesting entity's Jurisdiction of Incorporation. (And if an assumed name is also included, that the assumed name is properly registered by the requesting entity in the jurisdiction of its place of business.)
  
• Registration number: The CA must obtain the specific unique registration number assigned to applicant by the Incorporating Agency in the requesting entity's Applicant's Jurisdiction of Incorporation.
  
• Registered agent: The CA must obtain the identity and address of the requesting entity's Registered Agent or Registered Office (as applicable) in the requestor's Jurisdiction of Incorporation.
  
• Right to use domain name: The CA must take all steps reasonably necessary to verify that, as of the date the Premium Certificate is issued, the entity named in the Premium Certificate owns or has the exclusive right to use the domain name listed in the Premium SSL certificate.
  
• Authorization for Premium SSL certificate: The CA must take all steps reasonably necessary to verify that the entity named in the Premium SSL certificate has authorized the issuance of the Premium SSL certificate.

Can I use a standard SSL Certificate on an aliased domain in Shared Hosting?

Last Updated: September 25, 2007 9:39 AM

No. Because an SSL certificate only works properly with the domain for which it is issued, pointing a domain to an IP used by another SSL-secured site normally will cause a certificate security error.

 

 

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