Although the Macintosh is typically touted as a friendly home computer, it can be a solid business platform as well. All current Macintosh models based on the G3 chip can easily handle a secure web commerce site. Apple's new G3 machines have been shown to be twice as fast as Intel's Pentium IIs. Moreover, the cost of setting up and maintaining a Macintosh secure commerce server is so far below the cost on other platforms, businesses are able to rapidly increase sales by spending money on marketing, rather than on web site maintenance. Likewise, web service providers can direct their energy and resources toward growing their business, rather than on systems administration.
Secure pages are an important part of a secure commerce web site.
Savvy internet surfers want to make sure that the site with which they're doing business is safe and protected by encryption. The SSL standard enables secure transactions over the web and is required to provide a secure environment for eCommerce. WebTen incorporates SSL3 to encrypt web server transactions. The secure sockets layer included in WebTen encrypts data between the web server and the browser. WebTen has the capability of handling any number of web addresses, each with their own unique internet or IP address.