SSL & PGP Encryption

Overview

Secure Sockets Layer. SSL is A protocol designed by Netscape Communications to enable encrypted, authenticated communications across the Internet. SSL used mostly (but not exclusively) in communications between web browsers and web servers. URL's that begin with "https" indicate that an SSL connection will be used. SSL provides 3 important things: Privacy, Authentication, and Message Integrity. SSL encrypts the channel. PGP is a technique for encrypting messages developed by Hush's chief cryptographer Philip Zimmerman. PGP is one of the most common ways to protect messages on the Internet because it is effective, easy to use, and free. PGP is based on Public/Private Key Encryption, which uses two keys for -- one is a public key that you disseminate to anyone from whom you want to receive a message. The other is a private key that you use to decrypt messages that you receive. PGP encrypts the data. Without both SSL and PGP you do not have 100% end-to-end encryption and security.

Benefits

• With SSL and PGP you encrypt and secure the information from the customer / user to the website server back to you
• Instill confidence in your online operations
• Make your business a trusted authority
• 128 bit encryption
• Multiple options to fit your budget