3rd party certification is the verification of the public or private key’s holder by a trusted third party known as Certificate Authority to ensure that the web sites are genuine by using digital certificate. It authenticates web sites, individuals, and software companies so that consumers or people using the websites can trust and rely on them.
3rd party certification programme has become increasingly important in the world of internet. The most famous 3rd party certification programme is VeriSign. Another 3rd party certification programme is MSC Trustgate, which is an affiliate of VeriSign incorporated in year 1999, and it is Malaysia’s premier licensed Certification Authority.
Why VeriSign?
The Internet Infrastructure of VeriSign enables confidential information or important data to be delivered across the net safely so that the users can do their transactions with confidence. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate encrypts sensitive information when people doing online transactions. Sometimes, some web sites have encrypted https connection where the users can see “https” in the URL.
A Certificate Authority verifies the identity of a certificate owner with the unique, authenticated information contained in the certificate. When a user points to a secured domain, SSL handshake will authenticate the web site and the user. The user can see the authenticated organization name when he clicks on the closed padlock in the browser window or certain SSL trust marks, such as the VeriSign Secured Seal.
The authenticated organization name is even prominently displayed in high
-security browsers and the address bar will turn green when an Extended Validation SSL Certificate is detected. If the information does not match or the certificate has expired, an error message or warning will be displayed.
I think the implementation of 3rd party certification programme can extensively improve customers trust since the web sites they are dealing with are certified as genuine web sites. This enables them to do transactions and transfer their information without much worry that their information will be revealed by impostors. Therefore, it is essential for the implementation of such programme in the e-commerce world.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The application of 3rd party certification programme in Malaysia
Posted by anonymous at 6:10 AM
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so when we see https in an URL, that means the website is confirm to be a secured site?
Ya, it can be said like that. HTTPS is used to indicate a secure HTTP connection. It is syntactically identical to the http:// scheme normally used for accessing resources using HTTP. Using an https: URL indicates that HTTP is to be used, but with a different default TCP port (443) and an additional encryption/authentication layer between the HTTP and TCP. This system was designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide authentication and encrypted communication and is widely used on the World Wide Web for security-sensitive communication such as payment transactions and corporate logons.
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