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Extra Web Hosting
Services - Gconnect -
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Assure
your customers that your Web site is authentic and
that all transactions are secured by SSL
encryption.
SSL - ( Secure Sockets Layer )
The
industry-standard method for protecting web
communications developed by Netscape
Communications Corporation. The SSL security
protocol provides data encryption, server
authentication, message integrity, and optional
client authentication for a TCP/IP connection.
Because SSL is built into all major browsers and
web servers, simply installing a digital
certificate turns on their SSL capabilities.
SSL certificates protect information between web
browsers (Internet Explorer, Netscape, Opera etc)
and the webserver by using 128-bit encryption.
128-bit refers to the length of the "session key"
generated by every encrypted transaction. The
longer the key, the more difficult it is to break
the encryption code.
When your customer enters a secure webpage,
address beginning https://, their web browser
requests a secure channel from the server, if the
server has a certificate the browser and the
server negotiate their highest common encryption
strength (all our certificates are provided at
128-bits), and then exchange the corresponding
encryption keys (this exchange is normally done
using 1024-bit encryption strength).
The 128-bit encryption key is then used for this
particular instance of SSL, for all 'from-to'
exchanges between the browser and the server
guaranteeing the security of the connection.
The next customer accessing a secure webpage will
have a new session key.
Verifying the status of a secure webpage.
Netscape 4.0 +
The padlock in the lower left corner of the
Navigator window, right hand corner in versions 6
and later, will be closed instead of open.
Follow these steps to see what level of encryption
you have:
Click the Security button in the Navigator
toolbar.
In the left frame of the Security window, click
the Navigator item.
Click the Configure SSL v2 button.
If the dialog box that appears contains
"Encryption with a 128-bit key" in the list of
ciphers, you are using the 128-bit version of
Netscape's software. Otherwise, you're using the
40-bit version.
You can also check to see if a web site is using
encryption:
Go to the web site you want to check.
Click the Security button in the Navigator's
toolbar. The Security Info dialog box indicates
whether the web site uses encryption.
If it does, click the Open Page Info button to
display more information about the site's security
features, including the type of encryption used.
In versions 6 and later you can double-click the
padlock symbol.
Internet Explorer 4.0 +
Microsoft Internet Explorer tells you when
encryption is in use by displaying a padlock icon
in the bar at the bottom of the IE window.
With IE you can find out a web site's
encryption level:
Go to the web site you want to check.
Right-click on the web site's page and select
Properties.
Click the Certificates button.
In the Fields box, select "Encryption type." The
Details box shows you the level of encryption
(40-bit or 128-bit).
or you can do it the easy way.. double-click the
padlock symbol on the toolbar which will open the
certificate properties window directly.
To order a secure certificate for your website
(hosted by gconnect) please contact
sales@gconnect.net
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