Sunday, May 13, 2007

DIGITAL CERTIFICATES AND ITS ROLE IN ENSURING SECURITY:ANALYSIS BY ONLINE-TRANSACTION-TIPS.BLOGSPOT.COM

1.Digital certificates are issued by certification authorities to authenticate a Web site or elements of Web sites.

2.The certificate identifies the originator of the site, or element, and verifies that it has not been tampered with.

3.When your Web browser is presented with a certificate, it will check to see if a legitimate certification authority issued the certificate.

4.If there is a match, your session will continue. Otherwise, your browser will issue a warning and your safest action is to cancel your activity.

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