Digital Certificates
SSL is usually used in conjunction with a
Digital Certificate, which is a means for ensuring that you really are who you claim to be. Digital
Certificates are generated for a specific domain name, and are signed by a Signing Authority
By having a signed digital certificate, your customers can be confident that you are a genuine,
reliable business.
There are a number of different kinds of certificates available, designed to meet the different
needs of various businesses on the internet. When you ordered your VPS, you were set up with our
default *.securesites.net digital certificate. You can also obtain your own custom certificate
for your own domain name.
Signing Authorities
A Signing Authority is a company, such as GeoTrust or Verisign. These companies
take responsibility for ensuring that organizations who apply for a signed Digital
Certificate are valid businesses or not-for-profit organizations. By having a signed
certificate, customers who go to your web site can feel safe providing you with
personal or financial information (such as credit card numbers), because you have been
certified by one of the Signing Authorities as being a valid business or not-for-profit
organization.
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