Q. What is a secure page?
A. Secure page is a web page that you access over a SSL protocol. To find
out if you are communicating with a web server over SSL, see your web
address that begins with 'https:' instead of a regular 'http:' address.
SSL is a must for insuring totally safe credit card and other sensitive data
transmission via the web.
Q. What is SSL?
A. SSL stands for 'Secure Socket Layer'. SSL is enabled on web servers
that carry server certificates. Q. What is a certificate?
A. Certificate is a digital key which grants legitimate identity to web
servers on the Internet. Websites which gather payment information are
considered legitimate business when they present certificates issued by
trusted certificate authorities such as
Thawte or
Verisign.
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