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Category: sslOctober 16, 2007 Switch mobile security concernSwitch-Mobile treats data, including personally identifiable information, as an asset that must be protected against loss and unauthorized access. We employ many different security techniques to protect such data from unauthorized access by users inside and outside the company. All … August 20, 2007 What type of web site application. Low volume, professional or development?Perhaps the most important differentiation between all the SSL certificates available on the market today, is the strength of the brand behind the SSL technology. SSL technology besides ensuring secure transmission of data, is an essential element in providing online … August 17, 2007 What do I need to consider when purchasing a SSL certificate?The following 10 considerations must be taken into account before deciding which CA and which type of SSL certificate to purchase? Each point will be discussed in more detail later. August 16, 2007 Who are the CAs and why are there so many providers of SSL?There are actually less than 10 CAs issuing commercially available SSL certificates. The Appendix contains the full list of CAs. Until recently the SSL market has been monopolized by Verisign and Thawte. In 1999 Verisign acquired Thawte, and it became … August 15, 2007 How is a SSL certificate installed onto a webserver?When SSL is first activated on the webserver, the webserver requires information about the identity of the website including the website domain name and company details. The webserver then creates two cryptographic keys – a Private Key and a Public … August 13, 2007 What type of validation is required in sslA trust hierarchy demands that entities “vouch” for each other. Companies that issue SSL certificates are in the business of establishing that entities on the web are, in fact, who they claim to be. The potential for criminal activity on … Do I require a single root or intermediate SSL certificate?Some certificates are issued directly by a Trusted Root CA certificate e.g. GeoTrust. The Trusted Root CA certificate is already contained within all popular browsers, and hence is already trusted. Some Certification Authorities do not have a Trusted Root CA … How do website visitors know if a website is using SSL?When a website visitor connects to a webserver using SSL they will see that the URL in the address bar begins with https:// rather than the usual http:// and also a small gold padlock will appear in their browser, e.g. August 8, 2007 Enabling ssl via .htaccessIf you cannot use SSI (Server Side Includes) with your host, you can try and enable it via the following command in the .htaccess file: AddType text/html .shtml The first … July 21, 2007 Configuring ssl proxyTo configure SSL Proxying Jump to the Resource Manager from the Proxy Manager page. Select the connect://*:443 resource from the list of existing resources (the default HTTPS port number is 443). If you don’t already have this resource, type connect://*:443 … July 19, 2007 Background of sslWeb pages are delivered using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). HTTP in itself does not offer encryption or any other substantial protection of data transmitted … SSL as appliances or softwareIn today’s market, security products such as SSL VPNs are often sold as appliances, a term used to connote ‘black boxes’ that function without requiring administrators to understand their internal workings. In theory, appliances thereby … |
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