Electronic Commerce Digital Certificates

VeriSign, Inc. is the leading provider of digital authentication services and products for electronic commerce and other forms of secure communications. VeriSign's goal is to provide consumers, merchants and corporations with the confidence necessary to conduct electronic commerce worldwide. What is a Digital ID? VeriSign's provides Digital IDs (also known as digital certificates) play a key role in establishing confidence that electronic transactions are secure and trusted. A Digital ID binds a person's or company's identity to a digital key which can be used to conduct secure communications or transactions. This binding is accomplished through a strict assurance process conducted by a trusted third party which also electronically signs the Digital ID so that parties accepting it in a transaction have confidence in its origin. The Digital ID can then be attached to electronic transactions and communications as the critical authentication component. As the fundamental shift to electronic commerce accelerates, Digital IDs and other types of digital certificates will play a vital role in authenticating and securing electronic transactions and communications. Server Digital IDs allow web sites to identify themselves, and enable secure communications with customers. In fact, a server Digital ID is necessary to establish SSL connections, the technical backbone of secure electronic commerce. Getting your Digital ID is a Key step VeriSign issues Digital IDs for Sun Coast Web's Apache SSL secure servers. These Digital IDs are used to provide trust in the server's public key. The public key is instrumental in providing the secure link between 'client and server' which is necessary for exchanging credit card numbers and other sensitive information. For your secure web site servers, SecureHost.Net and VeriSign will provide you a 'high-assurance' Class 3 Digital ID for electronic commerce servers. Requirements are strict and exact; Proof of right-to-use the requested name for the server must be provided in the form of a letter - from an authorized company representative, as well as Articles of Incorporation (or other registered company formation documents). Visit also: VeriSign's Digital ID services Verisign FAQs

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