SSL Certificate Comparison Chart

As part of our commitment to our customers and the businesses they have built up, we are now offering an entry level malware scanning service via our Domain SSL, Organization SSL and Extended Validation certificates at no additional cost. Hosted on the HackAlert Cloud, a malware scan will be performed daily on up to 10 pages of your website and will notify our support department instantly if malware is detected. We will then contact you, our customer, and help you both resolve the current injection and provide advice on how to prevent it reoccurring in future. A more advanced scan is available as an upgrade during the order process.

Combined with SSL (Secure Socket Layer), our SSL certificates now both protect the data being transmitted and also help against malware infections. SSL is a must have for any type of website where private data is being submitted. Traditionally associated with online stores, SSL is also a requirement for any form submitted which contains private information.

SSL Certificate	Alpha SSL	Alpha SSL Wildcard	Domain SSL	Domain SSL Wildcard	Organization SSL	Organization SSL Wildcard	Extended SSL
Annual Price	£ 29 .00	£ 79 .00	£ 59 .00	£ 169 .00	£ 89 .00	£ 199 .00	£ 320 .00
Activates Browser Padlock
Activates Browser Green Address Bar
Vetting Standard	Domain Validated + AP Checks	Domain Validated + AP Checks	Domain Validated + AP Checks	Domain Validated + AP Checks	Organization Authentication	Organization Authentication	Extended Validation Organization Authentication
Validity period	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year	1 year
Issuance Speed	5 minutes	5 minutes	5 minutes	5 minutes	1 - 2 business days	1 - 2 business days	3 - 5 business days
"Secured By" Seal
Secures both www and non-www
Support IP Address
Support Subject Alternative names (SANs)
Strong SGC Security
Encryption Strength	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit	128 to 256 bit
Number of Server Licenses	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited	Unlimited
Malware Monitoring
Unlimited Reissuances / Replacements
Underwritten Warranty (USD)	$ 1,000	$ 1,000	$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 1,250,000	$ 1,250,000	$ 1,500,000
All Browser Support
Mobile Device Support
Free Installation Healthcheck
Annual Price	£ 29 .00	£ 79 .00	£ 59 .00	£ 169 .00	£ 89 .00	£ 199 .00	£ 320 .00

The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA), to identify one end or both end of the transactions. This is in short how it works.

• A browser requests a secure page (usually https://)
• The web server sends its public key with its certificate.
• The browser checks that the certificate was issued by a trusted party (usually a trusted root CA), that the certificate is still valid and that the certificate is related to the site contacted.
• The browser then uses the public key, to encrypt a random symmetric encryption key and sends it to the server with the encrypted URL required as well as other encrypted http data.
• The web server decrypts the symmetric encryption key using its private key and uses the symmetric key to decrypt the URL and http data.
• The web server sends back the requested html document and http data encrypted with the symmetric key.
• The browser decrypts the http data and html document using the symmetric key and displays the information.