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canwebhost.net is proud to offer GEOTRUST TRUE BUSINESS WEB CERTIFICATES through Tucows. They are available at $150(USD) per year.
A web certificate is a 128-bit SSL
security tool, which enables e-commerce or other secure communications on the
Web.
As used in SSL secured Internet transactions, a web certificate
provides the following:
Confirmation of Identity The party
receiving the information (i.e. the party controlling the server) is the party
to whom the communication is intended (i.e. not some wily
imposter).
Non-interception The user's information will not be
intercepted and interpreted (by some wily eavesdropper) between the user's
browser and the server.
The assurances obtained by Web Certificates are a
necessity for all e-commerce implementations and any communication in which
confidential information is exchanged. Internet browsers can rest assured that
their communications are secured by a properly authenticated web certificate as
evidenced by the appearance of a little padlock in the frame of their Internet
browser.
Technically, a web certificate is a statement by a Certification
Authority (CA) that uses a properly authenticated Private Key/Public Key
pair to bind a public
key to an identity. This provides independent confirmation of the identity
of an entity. More formally, a certificate is a computer-based record which:
- Identifies the Certification Authority issuing it
- Names, identifies, or otherwise describes an attribute of the subscriber
- Contains the subscriber's
- Contains the of the CA issuing it
- Provides a date range over which the certificate is valid
To
obtain a web certificate, a Private Key/Public Key Pair must be generated on the
server and then authenticated by a Certificate Authority (CA), which has the
requisite recognition in the browser software. For a detailed discussion of the
technology behind web certificates see the white papers in the Partner Papers section available on this
site.
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