What is a website security certificate? Why is it needed?
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If an organization wants to have a secure web site that uses encryption, it needs to obtain a site, or host, certificate. Some steps you can take to help determine if a site uses encryption are to look for a closed padlock in the status bar at the bottom of your browser window and to look for "https:" rather than "http:" in the URL (see Protecting Your Privacy for more information). By making sure a web site encrypts your information and has a valid certificate, you can help protect yourself against attackers who create malicious sites to gather your information. You want to make sure you know where your information is going before you submit anything \nIf a web site has a valid certificate, it means that a certificate authority has taken steps to verify that the web address actually belongs to that organization. When you type a URL or follow a link to a secure web site, your browser will check the certificate for the following characteristics: \n\nthe web site address matches the address on the certificate \nthe certificate is signed by a certificate authority that the browser recognizes as a "trusted" authority
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When you visit a site, check for their security certificates. Some sites use security certificates from proven and trustee companies such as VeriSign. Usually these sites put the logo of VeriSign and the bottom of the site, where you can click and it will redirect you to a page at the VeriSign official website and give you detailed information about the sites security level.\n\nThese sites are pretty much safe, as for the others, all you need to do is watch yourself.
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go to :\n\nhttp://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/aspplus/doc/webvalidation.aspx
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If you are accessing a website and the connection is not secure (you can tell as the address will usually start with https:// and a small padlock icon will be displayed in the status bar of your browser) any information that you send or receive from that website can be intercepted by another party. Since the information is not encrypted (as it is with a secure connection) the other party will easily be able to read any of your data, such as credit card details or your address. Therefore it is not recommended that you undertake any sensitive tasks through a connection that is not secure, especially financial transactions.
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(pronounced as separate letters) Short for Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data − a public key known to everyone and a private or secret key known only to the recipient of the message. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers.By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:.\n\nAnother protocol for transmitting data securely over the World Wide Web is Secure HTTP (S-HTTP). Whereas SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server, over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely. SSL and S-HTTP, therefore, can be seen as complementary rather than competing technologies. Both protocols have been approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a standard.
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As long as it has "https://" in the address bar, you should be fine. It's a secure connection
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https:// sites are secure sites.  The above answer is close.  It actually fully stands for HyperText Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or SSL.  https:// sites have added encryption and use a different port (443) than http:// (80) to assist in added security over sensitive data transfers, such as credit card information and bank transfers, etc.
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No, but there are many templates that are used in regular software programs to create certificates. One example is Wordperfect Productivity Pack
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That is certainly a danger.  Fraud is a serious problem and Internet crime is one of the fastest growing crimes out there.\n\nEven if you do recognize the name of the company, they could be "phishing" which simply means using a domain name that resembles that of the company but is different from the real one via:  a common misspelling, an extra/missing hypen in the domain name, etc.\n\nMoreover, crooks like to trick you by making your status bar show something else than the actual URL when you hover over the link, and then change it in the address bar upon your arrival.  Yes, they can do that, unfortunately.  Web browsers seem to have been created by people who think that people do not lie, cheat, or steal - or that such people do not use the web.\n\nThat being said, there are a few things you can do.\n\nLook at online consumer opinions sites.  One example is the epinions.com web site and there are probably others now too.\n\nYou can go to your library, and see if the company has a Dunn & Bradstreet (D&B) entry.  Go to reference section or microfilm/computer area of your local library to check this out. If you get stuck, ask a librarian or someone at the reference desk for help.\n\nIf you click on the order or the registration page, they should go into SSL mode.  At that point, any decent browser will let you check the credentials of the site.  Usually they call it the site certificate or something like that.  Look for that.  If they don't use SSL - hoo boy, do you really want to use their site even if they _are_ who they say they are?\n\nYou want to make sure the cert is good -  not expired, and that it is signed by someone you trust, like Verisign.  It's not an iron-clad garranty they are who they say they are, but it is something.  At least they have claimed it, and the claim has probably not been revoked - not if the cert is still valid and signed by a good/respectable CA.  I am presuming that if they scam a bunch of people and are using SSL, someone will gripe to Verisign or whomever.\n\nYou can minimize your risks, if you are unsure, by buying their merchandise from someone you already trust and do business with online.  For instance, Amazon.  They have been around for a decade and carry a huge variety of products.\n\nAlso, you can use payment intermediaries with some sites.  Like, I just now notice that Apple's iTMS web site says at this moment that if you buy an iTunes gift certificate with PayPal, you get up to 25 Free Songs.  PayPal is pretty popular.  Lots though not most web sites accept payment via Paypal. In some ways, maybe most ways, it is more secure than your credit card.  That is that the worst you can probably be out is the amount of the purchase.  They don't ever actually get to see your credit card when you use PayPal, I think.\n\nIt is a somewhat unstrustworthy world out there.  In some countries/cultures and neighborhoods, it is deemed perfectly acceptable to rip somebody off.  It is a big status symbol thing.  Obviously, law enforcement is lax/lacking in these areas.\n\nCredit card fraud is a huge problem, costing billions of dollars per year.  Be safe, protect yours.
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It helps to create a 'tunnel'or a secure way to transmit http or web data in a secure way over VPN or public networks.\nIt does so by encryptng data packets, which can be decrypted only by destination computer.\nHence, even if someone intercepts web traffic and tries to see your data, it is difficult for him, because data is in a tunnel and in encrypted form.
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Secure connection. Normally appears when you are prompted for secure info like passwords, account numbers, ssno etc. Info that you wouldnt want to fall into the wrong hands.
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Look in the lower right hand of your window, look for a padlock icon. or if the address of the site you're on starts with https.
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Oftentimes, software programs are digitally signed with a certificate.  Why?  Because you want to be sure the software program is indeed genuine and not malware (i.e. spyware, Trojan horse...) in disguise. There are a number of security firms which offer certificates to software makers (e.g. VeriSign).  The security firms promise any software with their certificate is genuine, that they have gone through the trouble of authenticating it.  These certificates need to be renewed regularly - usually once a year.  In your case, it seems that the certificate for the DivX player has expired.  It is most likely nothing.  Many companies forget to renew their certificates.  But, since the certificate has expired, Windows pops up a warning.\n\nCryptographic service is a Windows service.  There are many Windows services.  To see which services are active on your computer, go to Start Menu > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.  Scroll down to "Cryptographic Service" and make sure it says "Started."  If not, right click "cryptographic service" and scroll down to "Start."  Exit Windows Services.\n\nSorry for the long explanation.  Personally, I recommend you try VLC media player instead of DivX player. VLC plays many more files than DivX and it is free.  The download link is (http://www.filehippo.com/download_vlc/)\n\nFeatures:\nVLC (initially VideoLAN Client) is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It can also be used as a server to stream in unicast or multicast in IPv4 or IPv6 on a high-bandwidth network.
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The certificates from the certificate autorities are digitally signed. When you view the cert you can verify the digital signare.\n\nHere is one tool you can use to verify a cert\nhttps://www.openssl.org/docs/apps/verify.html
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SSL is the current standard for data encryption on the Internet.  Encryption will not solve the problem alone and good application design and business practices will help as well.\n\nIf you're just starting off I'd outsource the problem to a reputable contracting firm.
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a CCNA certificate\n\nvisit this website to know more about this certificate\nhttp://www.cisco.com/web/learning/le3/le2/le0/le9/learning_certification_type_home.html\ntraining is needed to pass the exam....which can be sought from the website itself or any other third party teacher in your location
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Short for Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data − a public key known to everyone and a private or secret key known only to the recipient of the message. Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL, and many Web sites use the protocol to obtain confidential user information, such as credit card numbers.By convention, URLs that require an SSL connection start with https: instead of http:. \nAnother protocol for transmitting data securely over the World Wide Web is Secure HTTP (S-HTTP). Whereas SSL creates a secure connection between a client and a server, over which any amount of data can be sent securely, S-HTTP is designed to transmit individual messages securely. SSL and S-HTTP, therefore, can be seen as complementary rather than competing technologies. Both protocols have been approved by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) as a standard.