Your Internet Security - The "Green Bar"

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Internet securuty is something everyone online should know at least a little about. In a nut shell, an internet security certificate is a digital certificate that is installed on a server that hosts a website. The certificate usually issued to a entity, usually also secures a domain name (URL eg www.myurl.com). The security certificate does two things (1)authenticates the company/entity you are about to transact with and (2) provides ecryption for all the data entered into the secure page. This is very important, because if a site that you are going to be putting your credit cards into does not have a securty certificate, your literally throwing you credit card details onto the web for all prying eyes to feast on! The latest technology on the market is called the "Extended Validation" secruty certificate. This, I believe, is the most most amaizing technology to have been release in the line of SSL Technology in the last ten years. The EV certificate works with newer browers, of which only MicroSoft IE7 that has been release and can be used at this point. Other browser developers such as Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox are to be releasing their versions soon. The EV certifcate can only be viewed on PC's running Windows XP and the latest Windows operating system, Windows Vista[ I haven't had the pleasure of using Vista yet:(]. What the certificate does is light up your browsers address bar with a green backgroud, when logging onto a secure page. This is rather visually stimulating, as this will definately get user thinking more about which sites they want to log onto and do business on. To ensure that you are able to see the "green bar" when using Windows XP, you will need to turn on the "Anti-Phishing" tool within your Browser. FYI - a site that a lot of folks should know of that has green bar is ebay's. So, next time you think about entering your details into a site that has no small yellow padlock at the bottom right corner of your browser, (for users without IE7 on a XP or Vista machine) think again!