It encrypts all of your personal information including credit card number, name, and address, so that it cannot be read as the information travels over the Internet. Thawte Digital Certification is a global provider of digital certificate products, services and solutions that create security, privacy and authentication in electronic commerce. Thawte is now the second largest Internet Certificate Authority worldwide. Thawte has emerged as the most effective certification company world wide.
Digital certificates are a crucial part of the trust model behind electronic commerce services.
They combine the ease of use of password based access control with the security of public key cryptography. Thawte offers digital certificates that are trusted by all major browser and mail applications from Microsoft, Netscape and other vendors. Thawte issues trusted SSL web server certificates that are used to secure and authenticate web sites, thereby ensuring safe electronic commerce across the Internet. We recommend you use, Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Explorer 3.0 or above, to take full advantage of SSL security features.