SSL Certificates

SSL 128-bit Certificates

Digital web certificates are electronic files that are used to uniquely identify people and resources over networks such as the Internet. Digital web certificates also enable secure, confidential communication between two parties. As the adoption and use of 128-bit SSL certificates has increased, so has their acceptance as the standard for e-commerce enabled web sites or any site that collects private information from users such as credit card numbers, account numbers or passwords.

We can provide the following SSL Certificate options for our hosting customers:

QuickSSL

£75 pounds + VAT for 1 year (new certificate)

Low cost, rapid one business day registration. No verification of the website owner's identity required. Simply provides the SSL padlock to reassure users that the connection is secure.

TrueBusinessID

£125 pounds + VAT for 1 year (new certificate)
c.3 business day turnaround. As per QuickSSL but also includes an icon allowing web visitors to verify the identity of the site owner.
The application process requires verification of the website owner's identity.

Wildcard True Business ID

£500 pounds + VAT for 1 year (new certificate)
As TrueBusinessID above but can cover multiple subdomains.

All are 128 bit certificates issued by Geotrust who are Number 3 in the SSL certificate market (Source: SecuritySpace Secure Server Survey, May 2003)

IIS, included as standard with Windows 2000/2003 Servers, allows for easy installation of SSL certificates.

These certificates are only available to existing or new hosting customers, we do not issue them as a stand-alone product.