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Communications through server authentication, encryption and data integrity. All information sent over <i>SSL</i> (names, credit card numbers, private user information, account numbers, etc.) is encrypted so that it cannot be read or tempered with during Internet communications. <br /> <strong>Secure Sockets Layer Protocol</strong> uses <i>Secure SSL Certificate</i> to verify the identities and establish secure connection between the Web server and the User's browser preventing crackers and other cyber crooks from phishing, pharming and otherwise jeoparding your secure areas.<br /> <!--strong>Secure Sockets Layer Technology</strong> protects your Web site and makes it easy for customers to trust you.--> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" width="60%" style="padding-right:5px; " valign="top"> <h2>SSL Certificate - What Is It?</h2> <i>Secure SSL Certificate</i> 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 <i>Secure Sockets Layer handshake</i> authenticates the Web server and the browser and establishes a <i>secure connection</i> that guaranties message privacy and integrety.<br /> <!--They can begin a <i>secure session</i> that guarantees <i>message privacy</i> and <i>message integrity</i>.--> <strong>Secure SSL certificate</strong> contains the following information: <ul> <li>The certificate holder s <i>name</i></li> <li>The <i>certificate s serial number</i> and expiration date</li> <li>A copy of the certificate holder s <i>public key</i></li> <li>The <b>digital signature</b> (<i>private key</i>)of the certificate-issuing authority</li> </ul> Secure Sockets Layer Protocol uses <i>public key</i> to encrypt information and the <i>private key</i> to decrypt it. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can be returned to a readable format only with the proper decryption key. </td> <td class="body" width="41px" style="padding:10px;" valign="top"> <img src="images/bl2.gif" width="41" height="59" border="0"> </td> <td class="body" width="41%" style="padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:0px;" valign="top"> <h2 style="color:#749fde;">SSL Cert Installation</h2> Every Secure SSL Certificate carries identity of a particular server in a specific domain for a verified business entity. <br /> <h3>If you <a class="leftmenu" href="https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?prog_id=364330&ci=1789&se=%2B" >buy Secure SSL Certificate from AthleticNames.com</a>... </h3> After Secure SSL Certificate is signed and issued, you will receive an e-mail message that allows you to dowload the certificate along with intermediate certificates, all of which must be installed on your Web site.<br /> <b>Note: </b><i>To install SSL Cert you must keep the original private key, created when you first generated your Certificate Signing Request (CSR).</i> <a class="leftmenu" href="https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?prog_id=364330&ci=1789&se=%2B" style="color:#f1590f;">Buy Secure SSL Certificate</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="body" style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;"> <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="60px"> <img src="images/bl1.gif" width="60" border="0" style="float:left;"> </td> <td class="body"> <h2>SSL Certificate - How Does It Work?</h2> <b>SSL Certificates</b> ensures 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 SSL Certificate enables the browser and Web server to build a <i>secure</i> and <i>encrypted connection</i>. The <i>SSL handshake</i> 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. <br/><br/> When the SSL handshake occurs, the browser requires authentication from the server. If the information does not match or the secure SSL certificate has expired, the browser displays an error message or warning. <br/><br/> Compare it to sending/receiving information by regular mail: <ul> <li>Without SSL encryption, packets of information travel through networks in full view. Imagine sending private information in an open package by regular mail. Anyone can see, modify or steal its content. <li>Without third-party verification, how can you trust content received over the Internet? Imagine receiving a package with no return address directing you to eat its content. </li> </ul> 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 likely will look elsewhere to make a purchase. <br/><br/> <strong>Secure SSL Certificates</strong> helps Web site visitors protect sensitive information and get a better idea of who they are trusting with it. <a class="leftmenu" href="https://www.securepaynet.net/gdshop/ssl/ssl.asp?prog_id=364330&ci=1789&se=%2B">Compare Certificates</a> </td> <td valign="middle" align="center" width="41px"> <img src="images/bl3.gif" width="42" height="60" border="0"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" class="body" style="padding-right:10px;padding-left:10px;"> <table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td class="body"> <h2 style="color:#749fde;">SSL Encryption Strength</h2> All of our SSL certificates support both industry-standard <i>128-bit encryption</i> and high-grade <i>256-bit encryption</i>. The actual <i>Encryption Strength</i> on a <i>secure connection</i> 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.<br /> <strong>Athletic Names Secure Certificate</strong> verifies that: <ul> <li>You met the thorough approval it takes to be issued the certificate.</li> <li>Transactions with your site (like information exchange, or purchases) are secure. 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