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This document contains copy which you may use in building a thawte digital certificate section on your website. Included is copy covering all products as well as supporting content.

We strongly encourage you to add a thawte digital certificate section to your site together with a link from your homepage as it

is an essential base to support the effective selling of SSL to your customer base.

|What are SSL and Digital Certificates? |

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|Secure Socket Layer (SSL) is a protocol developed by Netscape in 1996 which quickly became the method of choice for securing data transmissions |

|across the Internet. SSL is an integral part of most web browsers and web servers and makes use of the public-and-private key encryption system |

|developed by RSA. |

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|In order to make an SSL connection, the SSL protocol requires that a server should have a digital certificate installed. A digital certificate is an |

|electronic file that uniquely identifies individuals and servers. Digital certificates serve as a kind of digital passport or credential which |

|authenticate the server prior to the SSL session being established. |

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|Typically, digital certificates are signed by an independent and trusted third party to ensure their validity. The “signer” of a certificate is known|

|as a Certification Authority (CA), such as thawte. |

|About thawte |

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|thawte, the Certification Authority chosen by hundreds of thousands, has been innovating and delivering trusted services for more than a decade. |

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|They enable businesses and individuals to communicate and transact securely by verifying and authenticating their identities, thus allowing them to |

|gain the trust and confidence of millions of users. Their digital certificates are used globally to secure servers, encrypt files and communication, |

|and validate the authenticity of applications and digital code. |

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|Through their dedication to maintaining your security they are helping to build a trusted digital future for everyone. |

|When should SSL be used and what can it secure? |

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|There are two main online security problems that digital certificates solve: |

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|Authentication – proving a company's (or server's) identity online and in so doing create a sense of trust and confidence in using a website. |

|Encryption - offering protection for the data submitted to a website (or between servers) so that in the event of interception, it will be |

|unintelligible without the unique key used for decryption. |

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|Solving these security problems allows online business to protect against the following scenarios: |

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|Spoofing - The low cost of website design and ease with which existing pages can be copied makes it all too easy to create illegitimate sites that |

|appear to be published by established organizations. In fact, con artists have illegally obtained credit card numbers by setting up |

|professional-looking storefronts that mimic legitimate businesses. |

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|Unauthorized Disclosure – when information is transmitted "in the clear", making it possible for hackers to intercept the transmissions and obtain |

|sensitive information from customers. |

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|Data alteration - the content of a transaction can be intercepted and altered en route, either maliciously or accidentally. User names, credit card and|

|social security numbers as well as currency amounts, indeed any information sent "in the clear" is all vulnerable to alteration. |

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|So what are the practical applications of digital certificates? |

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|Firstly, looking at categories of data, the most common deployment is for securing transmission of financial information in ecommerce. However, with |

|incidence of identity theft on the rise, protecting the transmission of a broad range of personally identifiable information is becoming ever more |

|important. This category of data would include identity and social security numbers, e-mail addresses and demographic information as well as |

|registration and login processes. |

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|In terms of applications and protocols, thawte SSL certificates can be used to secure the following: |

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|Web Servers |

|Mail Servers |

|Databases |

|FTP Sites |

|Internet Chat |

|NNTP |

|SSL123 Certificates |

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|SSL123 is thawte's entry level certificate which provides validation that your domain is registered and that you have authorized the purchase of the |

|certificate. Through SSL encryption, the certificate assures that information is kept private between your web server and your clients' web browsers. |

|Certificate Features and Benefits: |

|Capable of delivering up to 256-bit encryption. |

|Browser compatibility highest in the industry. |

|Certificate details include domain name only. |

|Outstanding global customer support in 25 languages |

|thawte Trusted Site Seal included (available in 18 languages) |

|Free reissues for the lifespan of the certificate |

|Free, 24/5 multi-lingual technical support for all time zones. |

|Secures Internationalized Domain Names |

|Issued within minutes for domains that are registered with an accredited online registrar. |

|Certification Revocation List fully supported. |

|Online Certificate Status Protocol fully supported. |

|SSL Web Server Certificates |

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|The thawte SSL Web Server Certificate offers comprehensive stringent authentication procedures (domain name and identity verification). It also offers|

|256, 128, 56 or 40-bit encryption depending on your client's browser capability and the cipher suite installed on your web server. This ensures that |

|information is kept private while in transit between your web server and your clients' web browsers. |

|Certificate Features and Benefits: |

|Capable of delivering up to 256-bit encryption. |

|Browser compatibility highest in the industry. |

|Certificate details include domain name and organization name. |

|Outstanding global customer support in 25 languages |

|thawte Trusted Site Seal Included (available in 18 languages) |

|Free reissues for the lifespan of the certificate |

|Free, 24/5 multi-lingual technical support for all time zones. |

|Secures Internationalized Domain Names |

|Certification Revocation List fully supported. |

|Online Certificate Status Protocol fully supported. |

|SGC SuperCerts |

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|The SGC SuperCert is thawte's strongest encryption certificate. It automatically steps up protection to a minimum of 128-bit encryption even if your |

|customers use older browsers (IE 4.X or Netscape 4.06 and later) which have limited 40-bit or 56-bit encryption capabilities. 256-bit encryption can |

|be enabled if your client's browser capability and the cipher suite installed on your web server are both 256-bit compatible. |

|thawte's SGC SuperCert delivers the best security for both the vendor and the user. Recent studies conducted by the Yankee Group showed that |

|SGC-enabled certificates do deliver as described, thereby providing increased security for tens of millions of PC users if all e-commerce vendors |

|were to use SGC-enabled certificates. |

|Certificate Features and Benefits: |

|Capable of delivering up to 256-bit encryption with lowest possible encryption level of 128-bit protection for 99.9% of users even with older |

|browsers. |

|Browser compatibility highest in the industry. |

|Certificate details include domain name and organization name. |

|Outstanding global customer support in 25 languages |

|thawte Trusted Site Seal Included (available in 18 languages) |

|Free reissues for the lifespan of the certificate |

|Free, 24/5 multi-lingual technical support for all time zones. |

|Secures Internationalized Domain Names |

|Certification Revocation List fully supported. |

|Online Certificate Status Protocol fully supported. |

|SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificates |

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|thawte's wildcard certificates offer enterprises a convenient and cost-effective option for managing multiple second level domains that are hosted |

|on the same physical server. Like a typical SSL with full authentication thawte wildcards are capable of delivering up to 256-bit encryption, but |

|unlike other SSL certificates that are only valid for a domain, the wildcard covers *. thereby securing any number of second level |

|domains, provided that these are hosted on the same server. |

|Certificate Features and Benefits: |

|Capable of delivering up to 256-bit encryption. |

|Capable of securing unlimited second level sub-domains. |

|Browser compatibility highest in the industry. |

|Certificate details include domain name and organization name. |

|Outstanding global customer support in 25 languages |

|thawte Trusted Site Seal Included (available in 18 languages) |

|Free reissues for the lifespan of the certificate |

|Free, 24/5 multi-lingual technical support for all time zones. |

|Secures Internationalized Domain Names |

|Certification Revocation List fully supported. |

|Online Certificate Status Protocol fully supported. |

|Code Signing Certificates |

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|A thawte Code Signing Certificate is strongly recommended for any publisher who plans to distribute code or content over the Internet or corporate |

|extranets and needs to assure the integrity and authorship of that code. |

|Certificate Features and Benefits: |

|Uses a single certificate for most platforms and applications - this is unique to thawte |

|Allows you to sign active content such as ActiveX, Macros, MIDlet (J2ME) and Java Applets for secure electronic distribution over the Internet. This|

|authenticated digital signature effectively verifies the source of your software before it is downloaded |

|Outstanding global customer support in 25 languages |

|Ensures that your active content or code cannot be maliciously modified |

|Gives your users recourse to the person who published it |

|Promotes the Internet as a secure and viable platform for content distribution |

|Inspires user confidence |

|CRL: Yes, Certificate Revocation List fully supported |

|Has the benefit of Online Certificate Status Protocol |

|thawte Trusted Site Seal |

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|Taking the proactive step of deploying digital certificates to secure a website sends a message to its users that their security is being taken |

|seriously. |

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|This is best communicated through the use of a thawte Trusted Site Seal – a dynamic image which provides visible proof of a website’s trusted |

|status, and that users may transact safely and securely. Site seals should be positioned on homepages as well as secure pages within sites. |

|Features and Benefits: |

|FREE with thawte SSL123, SSL Web Server and SGC SuperCerts |

|Is a dynamic image with a direct link to the certificate server for verification |

|Tells customers that they can trust online transactions conducted with you |

|Provides a direct link to the Consumer Awareness Program – allowing your customers to understand the full value of your thawte certificate |

|Is available in 18 languages : Brazilian, Croatian, Dutch, Danish, English, French, Finnish, German, Italian, Icelandic, Korean, Japanese, |

|Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Polish, Spanish and Slovenian |

|Comes in 3 various sizes to suit your website |

|Can be displayed on multiple secure pages |

|Is simple to install |

|Internationalized Domain Names |

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|thawte now provides SSL certificates to customers who use Internationalized Domain Names – the first and only Certification Authority to offer |

|this. Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) provide a convenient mechanism for users to access websites in their preferred language. |

|thawte's systems are now able to recognize and issue certificates that contain local language characters in all certificate fields. |

|What this means is that you can now buy an SSL123 Certificate, an SSL Web Server Certificate or an SGC SuperCert to secure the website you have |

|hosted on an Internationalized Domain Name. An example of the certificate content for a certificate for an IDN is shown below. |

|Not only will your secured Internationalized Domain content be reflected in the certificate details, but your thawte Trusted Site Seal will also |

|reflect your local language content. thawte systems are also fully internationalized across all SSL certificate product line details including Code|

|Signing Certificate enrolments. |

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