Saturday, July 14, 2012

Ssl: defense against cyber-terrorists


The birth of the Internet was a change in the whole world. Gradually this network was created to help the U.S. military has been tailored to perfection for thousands of applications in the life of people in the street. Millions of Internet data is now, many of which are private and this is where technology comes Secure Socket Layer or SSL.

To combat the cybercriminals, covering a wide spectrum ranging from fraudsters and the use of impersonation, popularly known as phishing, to cyberterrorists, we created a tool called security certificates illegally hamper the work of cybercriminals. And is that such strong organizations like NASA to small business may be victims of such operations.

SSL is the technology base to protect customers, and therefore e-commerce, an economic sector that is growing at the speed of light. The Secure Socket Layer certificate is on one hand a kind of identity of the website which includes information on who is behind the site and secures your digital identity. In this way, users gain confidence to enter the portal or site.

On the other hand the SSL certificate provides security in the transmission of data and that from the moment you get into a website with this type of security deposit information is encrypted up to 128 bits, making it nearly impossible to find data such as number of a credit card or the login of a user who is entering the health insurance website to see his file. So is keeping the site's privacy.

With this type of security is achieved by increasing the number of transactions.

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