1)
What is the advatnages of using
SSL ?
a)
Improve Google search ranking
b) Enhance website data security
c) Prevent Anti-virus blocking
d) https is the trend of 2017 /2018
e) Improve website recognition |
2)
What is SSL ?
SSL
(Secure Socket Layer) Certificate
is a method which encrypt
your information securely
and then transfer to the
server, e.g. credit card
information, name and address...etc.
TLS (Transport Layer Security)
is a newer version of SSL.
However, we usually conclude
those protocol as "SSL". To visit a SSL's website, we will use https:// . If the website has a valid
SSL, it will show a green
tick or green bar on the
address bar of your browser.
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3)
What is CSR?
Certificate
Signing request (CSR) is
a encoded text containing
common name (domain name),
organization name, country
information and the public
key that require by the certificate
authority in order to issue
a SSL certificate for you.
We will prepare CSR for customer
and send to certificate authority.
During the generation of
CSR, a private key will be
created and should be kept
safe.
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4)
What is the different between
RapidSSL and Geotrust SSL Certificate
?
RapidSSL,
a subsidary of Geotrust,
dedicate to provide cheap
SSL certificate to personal
and low end user. RapidSSL
only proivide SSL certificate
of domain validation while
Geotrust provides SSL certificate
from domain validation (DV)
to Extended validation (EV).
They targets for business
and enterprise user. Geotrust
is the 2nd largest SSL
certificate issuer which
provides a variety of SSL
certificate and security
products serving over 100,000
customers from 150 countries
in the world. Geotrust
is a subsidary of Digicert
and its SSL certificate
is well-known and trust.
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5)
What is the warranty?
Warranty
is an insurance for the
end user against any monetary
losses when submitting
a online credit card transaction
on an SSL-secured site
if it involves the CA’s
negligence in the validation
procedures.
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6)
What is Domain Validation (DV)
?
Domain
validation is a validation
process that only verfiy
the domain ownership by means
on emails which is fast and
simple and the SSL certificate
can be issued with in minutes.
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7)
What is Business/Organization
Validation (OV) ?
On
top of Domain validation,
Organization validation is
a validation process that
also verfiy the business/organization
if it is registered with
government legally. It also
verify the organization's
physical address and contact
organization's employee by
means of telephone. So the
verification process will
be much longer and usually
3-7 working days.
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8)
What is Extended Validation (EV)
?
On
top of Organization Validation,
Extended Validation is the
highest security standard
in the industry. It will
also verify the identity
of Organization's Certificate
Approver and check if they
have appropriate authority
to apply such EV SSL. This
process takes 5-14 working
days.
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9)
How to install Site Seal ?
10)
What is a wildcard certificate
?
Wildcard
certificate means the SSL
certificate is valid for
use in any subdomain of that
domain name. But the price
is higher for this kind of
SSL certificate.
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11) What is SAN?
The Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field lets you specify additional host names to be protected by a single SSL Certificate, such as a Multi-Domain (SAN) or Extend Validation Multi-Domain Certificate. |
12)
How to reissue the certificate ?
If customer loss the private key, change of the CSR detail or some other reasons, customer can contact us to reissue the certificate before the SSL expiry. And it is free of charge. |
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