SSL Certificates create a secure session link between the visitor’s web browser and your website ensuring all the vital information is safe and secure as it is transmitted across the web.

1. SSL Certificates :
Beginners Guide
N E T4 I N D I A LI MI TE D

2. Web Security: Glaring Facts
In the wake of rising security threats on web, it has become
paramount to get an SSL certificates for websites.
According to Symantec Internet Security Report 2012 -
• Total no. of Malware attacks in 2011: 5.5 Billion, 81 %
Increase over 2010
• Increase in web based attacks: 36%, 4500 new attacks
each day.
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3. What is an SSL Certificate
• SSL Stands for ‘’Secured Socket Layer’’.
• SSL Certificates create a secure session link between
the visitor’s web browser and your website ensuring
all the vital information is safe and secure as it is
transmitted across the web.
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4. What is an SSL Certificate
An SSL Certificate servers two vital functions:
• Authentication and verification: SSL Certificates
authenticate the identity of the individual, business or
website
• Data Encryption: SSL Certificates encrypt the data as
it travels across the web
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5. Certificate Authority
• The official business or legal entity issuing the SSL
Certificate
• SSL Certificate is most reliable when issues by a trusted
Certificate Authority (CA)
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6. How Does SSL Encryption Work
SSL encryption works just like a Door lock. It locks and unlocks the
information being exchanged over the internet.
Each SSL consists of two keys:
• Public Key: to encrypt (scramble) the information
• Private Key: to decrypt the information
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7. How Will You Know That a Site Has a Valid
SSL Certificate
A secured site will display
‘’https://’’ before the
website address in the
browser address bar.
Website without
SSL looks like this
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8. How Will You Know That a Site has a Valid
SSL Certificate
• A Padlock Symbol on the top or the bottom of the
internet browser (depending upon the browser
also)
• A Trust Seal on the website. For ex. Symantec uses
Norton secured Seal trust mark on their websites.
• A Green Address bar in case of EV(Extended
Validation) SSL Certificate
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9. Where To Use an SSL Certificate
You can install SSL Certificate anywhere wherever
you want to secure the data being transmitted
For Example :
• Securing information exchange between your
website and your customer’s internet,
• Securing internal communication on corporate
intranet
• Secure email communications
• Securing communication on mobiles devices
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11. Contact Us
• NET4 INDIA LIMITED
• Corporate Office:
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• Call Us @ 1800-108-4444
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