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Symantec Certificates are now issued free of charge

Now you do not need to pay for DV (domain validated) TLS / SSL certificates (hereinafter referred to simply «TLS»). Symantec, the dominant player in the SSL market, is going to give certificates for free as part of a partnership

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How to choose a reliable certification authority?

Small websites that need an average DV-certificate, can request it at any of the certificate authorities. Their task as simple as buying the cheapest certificate that is available. Any public certification authority is issuing these kind of certificates. Why pay more? However, if you need a

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What happens if you lose your private key?

SSL means the process of protection for certain information by using encryption. Encryption is a mathematical process of coding and decoding various data. Every SSL-certificate has a pair of public and private key. This pair comprises two cryptographic keys that contain long

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VeriSign SSL – why these certificates so expensive?

Most likely you have already faced with Verisign SSL certificates. Many sites displays VeriSign’ Site Seal. Seal – is a special logo, which you can find on hundreds of thousands of sites around the world. This may come as a

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All about SSL

This site is dedicated to SSL-certificates. You will learn what is an SSL certificate, how to issue and reissue it. FAQ SSL will be useful for both novices and pros. SSL Knowledgebase contains sections on validation, trust logo, vulnerabilities, SSL-certificates differences by type (Wildcard, EV, DV, etc.), as well as many other things.