This certificate is right for you if:
You need full authentication and verification to confirm your company
registration details, prove that your domain is owned by your company and
get a third party to authorize that the person whose name appears on the
certificate is employed by your business.
You need to guarantee privacy and protection in data and information
transmission between your web server and your customers' web browsers using
256, 128, 56 or 40-bit encryption (depending on the browser's compatibility)
and the cipher suite installed on your web server.
The identity of your organization is so vital that you need your company
details added to the certificate contents. Your organizational details need
to be inserted in a digital certificate if you need to prove your company
identity online (and not just your domain name). This is important in a
variety of situations, most notably when conducting online commerce.
You don't need to include company details in your certificate contents. Your
organizational details only need to be inserted in a digital certificate if
you need to prove your company identity online (and not just your domain
name). This is important in a variety of situations, most notably when
conducting online commerce.
Technical Details
Authenication and Verification
When one applies for a
thawte SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificate,
the verification and authentication procedure that that particular individual/group/company
is subject to is of the very highest standard. In fact, a stringent checklist
of activities is undertaken to ensure that you really are who you claim to
be. The validation process includes:
Step 1: Authentication:
- Company registration details confirmed
- Confirmation that domain is owned by requesting party.
Step 2: Verification
- 3rd party telephone listing used to confirm that the authorized person
requesting certificate is employed by requesting party.
The value of this process cannot be underestimated, and it is this that has
been the foundation of
thawte's enviable reputation
as a rock-solid independent Certification Authority (CA).
Certificate Signing Request (CSR) File
The process of applying for a
thawte signed digital
certificate begins with the generation and submission of a Certificate
Signing Request (CSR) file.
thawte then checks
and verifies your right to use the domain name in question, and when satisfied,
signs that request file using the trusted
thawte CA
root key, and issues it to you as your certificate.
When we issue your certificate it will contain two critical pieces of information.
The first is the "Distinguished Name", which is a set of values that
describes your country, state or province, city or town, organization, division
within that organization and your web server domain name. The second is your
public key.
256-bit SSL Encryption
thawte’s SSL Web Server Wildcard certificates are capable
of providing 256-bit encryption – the current industry standard.
Root-Level Authority
All
thawte certificates are unchained and signed
directly off the
thawte Server CA root certificate This
means that when purchasing a
thawte certificate,
you are not reliant on another entity’s root infrastructure to deliver
your SSL certificates.
thawte is one of the most established Certification
Authorities worldwide.
Compatible Web Servers
thawte certificates have the highest browser
compatibility in the industry and are available on: Microsoft Internet
Explorer (3.0+), Netscape Navigator (2.0+), Opera (3.0+), Mozilla,
Safari, Konqueror and WebTV Classic and Plus.
Support Resources
thawte offers the same premium level of support across
all products. As a
thawte customer you will have FREE
access to:
- Full and unlimited online support for the lifetime of the certificate
- Multi-lingual global support in 28 languages
- Live online chat for sales and customer support
- 24 x 5 technical support
- Unlimited access to thawte's extensive
online knowledge base
- Highly trained and dedicated support staff
Can you get the after sales technical support you need?
Depending on your level of experience in working with digital certificates, you
may require assistance at various stages throughout the lifecycle of the product,
from the initial request for a certificate to installation, renewal and possible
reissuance of a certificate if required.
thawte has the support capabilities to assist you during
the initial sales process as well as more unforeseen circumstances such as server
migration, where competent support is always the most valuable.
Most importantly,
thawte's technical support is FREE and available globally
24 x 5.
