Enabling Safe and Convenient Online Shopping

A Secure SSL Certificate secures safe, easy and convenient Internet
shopping. Once an Internet user enters a secure area — by entering
credit card information, e-mail address or other personal data, for
example — the shopping site’s SSL certificate enables the browser and
Web server to build a secure, encrypted connection. The SSL
“handshake“ process, which establishes the secure session, takes place
discreetly behind the scenes, ensuring an uninterrupted shopping experience
for the consumer. A “padlock“ icon in the browser’s status bar and
the “https://“ prefix in the URL are the only visible indications of a secure
session in progress.

By contrast, if a user attempts to submit personal information to an
unsecured Web site (i.e., a site that is not protected with a valid SSL certificate),
the browser’s built-in security mechanism will trigger a warning
to the user, reminding him/her that the site is not secure and that sensitive
data might be intercepted by third parties. Faced with such a warning
most Internet users likely will look elsewhere to make a purchase.

128-Bit Encryption Secure SSL Certificates from Starfield use 128-bit SSL encryption to secure
online transactions. Virtually unbreakable, 128-bit encryption is used by
all banking infrastructures to safeguard sensitive data.

Encryption strength is measured in key length — number of bits in the
key. To decipher an SSL communication, one needs to generate the correct
decoding key. Mathematically speaking, 2n possible values exist for
an n-bit key. Thus, 40-bit encryption involves 240 possible values. 3-bit
encryption involves eight possible values, 4-bit encryption 16 possible
values, and so on. A 128-bit key involves a staggering 2128 possible combinations,
rendering 128-bit encrypted data de facto impervious to intrusion.
Even with a brute-force attack (the process of systematically trying all
possible combinations until the right one is found) cracking a 128-bit encryption
is computationally unfeasible.

128-bit encryption is expected to provide sufficient encryption strength
for Internet purposes for at least the next ten years.

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