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We sell our SSL Certificates only
to our own clients who are hosted on our servers and offer a free setup
service.
The Internet has created many new global business opportunities
for enterprises conducting online commerce. However, the many security
risks associated with conducting e-commerce have resulted in security
becoming a major factor for online success or failure.
Over the past 7 years, consumer magazines, industry bodies and security
providers have educated the market on the basics of online security. The
majority of consumers now expect security to be integrated into any
online service they use, as a result they expect any details they
provide via the Internet to remain confidential and integral. For many
customers, the only time they will ever consider buying your products or
services online is when they are satisfied their details are secure.
InstantSSL benefits summary:
InstantSSL Certificates are the most cost effective SSL Certificates you
can buy which include:
• Full validation conducted quickly – in many cases you can expect your
SSL Certificate to be issued within hours
• Over 99% browser compatibility
• 128 bit strong encryption security
• Backed by warranties ranging from $50 to $10,000
InstantSSL Certificates provide you with the key to successfully using
SSL on your webserver.
The Internet is a revolutionary medium for you to improve your sales and
online services for customers. InstantSSL is the perfect solution to
securing your webserver with SSL quickly, easily and cost-effectively.
InstantSSL - Frequently Asked
Questions
What is SSL?
Secure Sockets Layer, SSL, is the standard security technology for
creating an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link
ensures that all data passed between the web server and browser remain
private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by
millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with
their customers. In order to be able to generate an SSL link, a web
server requires an SSL Certificate. InstantSSL is such a Certificate,
and when installed, can be used to create secure links to protect
transactions, passwords, personal details, etc.
Why does an InstantSSL Certificate cost considerably
less than other Certification Authorities?
InstantSSL has direct access to the
IdAuthority, the
largest commercial directory on the web. InstantSSL can therefore
expediate the validation of an application. This efficient and highly
effective validation method ensures we can issue a Certificate at a
greatly reduced cost as reflected through our guaranteed lowest price in
the industry as well as maintain a level of validation far superior to
the methods employed by other SSL providers. In particular, the
validation process employed to issue an InstantSSL, InstantSSL Pro or
PremiumSSL Certificate is considerably more than just a domain name
ownership check - we firmly believe this method alone to be insufficient
to maintain the level of integrity in SSL that consumers have come to
expect.
Will InstantSSL Certificates work correctly with my
customer's browsers?
In order for your customer's browser to seamlessly use an InstantSSL
Certificate, they must trust our 'Root Certificate'. Our Root (provided
by
Baltimore Technologies)
is trusted by over 99% of all current browsers (see
browser compatibility
details), comprising all Internet Explorer 5.00 and above, Netscape
4x and above and AOL 5 and above and comes pre-installed with all
Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems.
This browser compatibility makes InstantSSL as trusted as Verisign and
Thawte.
What is the difference between an InstantSSL,
InstantSSL Pro and PremiumSSL Certificate available through
instantssl.com?
InstantSSL Certificates are designed to secure intranets and low cost
transactions. Our InstantSSL Pro and PremiumSSL Certificates are
designed to secure all web servers. Whilst technically the three
flavours of certificate are identical, due to the nature of how we
intend the $49 InstantSSL Certificates to be used, they carry a reduced
warranty ($50 maximum warranty). This reduced warranty enable us to
further reduce the cost of the certificate to you. However, InstantSSL
Pro Certificates carry a warranty of $2500 and PremiumSSL Certificates
carry a greatly increased warranty of $10,000 for your total peace of
mind.
What does the Warranty actually mean?
We believe it is important to protect the end user. If we were to mis-issue
a certificate to a fraudulent site, and that fraudulent site has an SSL
link with an end user and as a result of this the end user loses money.
The end user had what they thought was a "trusted session". Comodo
should never have provided the fraudster with the ability to engineer
this situation. Hence, we have taken out insurance to pay out money to
the end user. How can we do this?
1. We value the end customer
2. We believe the insurance provided greater peace of mind hence allows
the merchant to sell more products
3. Most importantly, we value our validation techniques (delivered
through
www.idauthority.com)
We pre-validate customers and provide validation that is far higher than
the majority of other SSL providers. Some CA's have very weak validation
hence they decide NOT to offer insurance! Finally, it is worth pointing
out, that we offer high validation, but not at the compromise of speed.
You can still obtain SSL instantly.
I want an increased Warranty on my InstantSSL
Certificate - how can I get this?
If you require an increased warranty on your SSL Certificate, choose
from the InstantSSL Pro or PremiumSSL Certificates option. This provides
a greatly increased warranty of $2500 and $10,000 respectively.
How long does it take to process my application?
Provided we have sufficient validation information available through the
IdAuthority (as described in our CPS), your InstantSSL, InstantSSL Pro
or PremiumSSL can be issued in only hours. If additional verification
processes must be used to validate your application, the issuance
process may take slightly longer. In such cases we guarantee that the
Certificate is issued within 2 working days.
Which versions of the SSL protocol is
InstantSSL compatible with?
InstantSSL is compatible with any browsers and webservers using SSL
version 3 - the de facto SSL implementation. SSL version 1 and version 2
have been superseded by version 3 for a number of years, mainly due to
the inherent security flaws found in these old versions. All web
browsers developed after Internet Explorer 3 and Netscape 3 use SSL
version 3 (however still support older SSL protocol versions). If your
webserver is only capable of supporting versions 1 and 2 of the SSL
protocol we strongly recommend you contact your webserver software
vendor for an update - these protocols are flawed. For more details on
why SSL version 2 is no longer used can be found here:
http://www.eucybervote.org/Reports/MSI-WP2-D7V1-V1.0-02.htm
InstantSSL - Browser Compatibility
99% of Internet users
inherently trust InstantSSL Certificates -
equal to Verisign & Thawte
Browser Compatibility:
Internet Explorer 5.00 and above
Netscape 4.x and above
AOL 5 and above
Opera 5 and above
Comes pre-installed with:
Windows 98SE
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Mac OS 8.5
Mac OS 9.x
Mac OS X
Our new Root is trusted by over 99% of all current browsers comprising
all Internet Explorer 5.00 and above, Netscape 4x and above, AOL 5 and
above and Opera 5 and above and comes pre-installed with all Windows
98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS 8.5,
Mac OS 9.x, Mac OS X operating systems.
Browser compatibility is increased to 99% - now equal to Verisign
and Thawte. The increased browser ubiquity has not affected our prices,
we are still the most cost effective!
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