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SSL Certificates are special certificates that are used for securing the transactions and transmissions of data to and from a website. When a
website is secured with an SSL Certificate all data entered into that site is encrypted and jumbled before being transmitted. This helps protect the data from prying eyes and misuse.
SSL Certificates are in hot demand today on account of the increasing usage of the
Internet as a medium of business. E-Commerce has entered into almost every known sphere of business and more and more business transactions are being conducted online.
Purchasing daily use products such as toothbrushes and soaps to big deals like cars and airplanes are being carried out through the
Internet.
In all of these transactions, security is of utmost importance because if the financial and personal information entered online falls into the wrong hands, both customers and companies could face heavy losses. This is where
SSL Certificates come into the picture.
There are so many different types of SSL
Certificates available today. Each SSL Certificate is designed to meet the requirement of a particular type of website. Understanding which
SSL Certificate will work best for your website can sometimes become a tough task.
There are several Certification Authorities (CA) issuing
SSL Certificates. While the basic technology with which a
SSL Certificate works remains the same, each CA provides certain unique features in its
SSL Certificate to make it stand out from the competition. Some of the best and most cost-effective
SSL Certificates around are the RapidSSL® and QuickSSL® certificates.
Both these certificates are Single Root 128/256 Bit
SSL Certificates owned by GeoTrust, one of the largest CAs around. RapidSSL® is currently the lowest priced Single Root
SSL Certificate available and also proves to be the most cost-effective on account of the industry standard encryption technology it provides.
Both RapidSSL® and QuickSSL® certificates are recognised by 99.9% of the modern browsers and come with the basic site seal that allows visitors to know your website is secured by a
SSL Certificate.
Both the RapidSSL® and the QuickSSL® certificates are ideal for you if you don’t have the budget to go in for a high end
SSL Certificate but do need to secure your website. If however you are not sure about ordering either of them, you can always order a FreeSSL™ certificate.
A FreeSSL™ certificate is a free fully functional 128 Bit
SSL Certificate that comes with a 30 days validity period. FreeSSL™ is also a single root
SSL Certificate and works on industry standards. With a FreeSSL™ certificate, you can easily test how the
SSL Certificate will work with your website and what benefits will it give your website in terms of customer confidence and security.
Once you are sure, you can always buy a
regular SSL Certificate.
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