Types of SSL Digital Certificates
Which SSL Digital Certificate Do I Need? Helping You Choose
Web IP provide free advice on the best type of SSL Digital Certificate for your business.
The ways for which SSL Digital Certificates are being used is diversifying more and more every day. The application for which SSL is being used has also expanded. For example:
- Some organisations need SSL Digital Certificate simply for confidentiality, e.g. encryption
- Some organisations wish to use SSL Digital Certificate create a greate sense of trust in their brand, e.g. they want to show legitimacy and security.
As the applications for SSL have started to become wider, three types of SSL Certificate have emerged:
- Domain validation SSL Certificates: where the Certification Authority checks the right of the applicant to use a specific domain name
- Organisation validation SSL Certificates: where the Certification Authority checks the right of the applicant to use a specific domain name PLUS it conducts some vetting of the organization
- Extended Validation SSL Certificates: where the Certification Authority checks the right of the applicant to use a specific domain name PLUS it conducts a THOROUGH vetting of the organisation
SSL Providers use complex naming and classifications, but the basic features used in SSL Digital Certificates are fairly common across all brands of SSL. Web IP can assist with you choose a certificate that best suits your needs and avoid an otherwise time consuming and frustrating “which certificate do I need” issue.
For more information on Digital Certificate types, select from the following options:
Wildcard Digital Certificates
Extended Validation
QuickSSLs
Standard & Preimums SSLs
Thawte SSL Digital Certificates
Thawte SSL 123 Certificate
Thawte Web Server Certificate
Thawte SGC SuperCert
Thawte Wild Card Certificate
More on Thawte Digital Certificates
Verisign SSL Digital Certificates
Verisign Secure Site
Verisign Secure Site Pro
Verisign Extended Validation
More on Verisign Digital Certificates
GeoTrust SSL Digital Certificates
GeoTrust QuickSSL
Geo Trust True BusinessID
Extended Validation:
True BusinessID Wildcard:
More on GeoTrust Digital Certificates
Comodo SSL Digital Certificates
Comodo Standard SSL
Comodo Premium SSL
Comodo Wild Card SSL
More on Comodo Digital Certificates
