How do you know when a site has been secured?
There are 2 important clues you should look for when trying to establish whether the website you are visiting has been secured.
The Padlock
Before you enter any of your personal details i.e. contact details, credit card etc, if you see the padlock in the bottom right-hand corner of your browser status bar you know that a digital certificate has been installed onto this website and that SSL encryption is in place. This means that information being transmitted between your Web Browser and the Web Server you are connected to on the Internet is safe from being tampered with.
Bleu Productions has obtained The Geotrust Trusted Site Seal
and has been supplied with an authentic Trusted Site Seal. The Trusted Site Seal is a secure image appearing on a website that allows visitors to tell at a glance that their information can be securely transmitted.
You will see the Seal when you enter the Bleu Productions Shop Secure Check Out area. By clicking on the Seal, visitors will get real-time confirmation of the validity of the certificate. The Trusted Site Seal pop-up will verify the details of the business behind the certificate:
* Organization name
* Domain name
* Country
* Status of the certificate
* Verification and expiry dates of the certificate
The Trusted Site Seal is your visible, real-time assurance of trust.
Tell me about SSL and digital certificates?
SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a security protocol developed by Netscape for managing the security of online message transmission. SSL encrypts or scrambles any information sent from your browser to the server you are connected to, making it impossible to intercept and tamper with the information on the way.
The way that SSL is implemented is via a digital certificate. Digital certificates guarantee the security of the connection between the browser and the server.
Certification Authorities
Certification Authorities (CAs) are independent bodies that are authorized to issue and sign digital certificates. As part of the process of signing digital certificates, CAs validate the information to be contained in the digital certificate according to their own Certificate Practice Statements (CPS)* before issuing the certificate.