For full details on the security process in use, please visit Actinic's security page for a very detailed explanation. Encryption occurs on the buyer's PC and decryption only occurs on the Elite Electronic's Order processing PCs. At no stage is the transaction decrypted whilst it travels over the Internet, or whilst it is stored on our web site. Hence there is no large store of orders available online to invite attack. The encryption process is conducted using a Java applet.
Decryption is carried out on our PC only after orders have been downloaded from the web.
The encryption technique used falls into two parts. The Diffie-Hellman key currently used is 256 bits and this will be increased further in the future up to 1024 bits, depending on performance.