Secure Sockets Layer, SSL, is the standard security technology for creating an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browser remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers. In order to be able to generate an SSL link, a web server requires an SSL Certificate. Aust Secure SSL is such a Certificate, and when installed, can be used to create secure links to protect transactions, passwords, personal details, etc.

Aust Secure SSL has direct access to the Comodo / IdAuthority, the largest commercial directory on the web. Aust Secure SSL can therefore expediate the validation of an application. This efficient and highly effective validation method ensures we can issue a Certificate at a greatly reduced cost as reflected through our guaranteed lowest price in the industry as well as maintain a level of validation far superior to the methods employed by other SSL providers. In particular, the validation process employed to issue an Stansard SSL, Premium SSL or Wildcard SSL Certificate is considerably more than just a domain name ownership check - we firmly believe this method alone to be insufficient to maintain the level of integrity in SSL that consumers have come to expect.

In order for your customer's browser to seamlessly use an Aust Secure SSL Certificate, they must trust our 'Root Certificate'. Our Root (provided by Baltimore Technologies) is trusted by over 99.3% of all current browsers (see browser compatibility details), comprising all Internet Explorer 5.00 and above, Netscape 4x and above and AOL 5 and above and comes pre-installed with all Windows 98SE, Windows ME, Windows 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. This browser compatibility makes Aust Secure SSL as trusted as Verisign and Thawte.

We have outlined all the key differences in table format for your convenience - just click here to view.

In summary, Standard SSL and Premium SSL Certificates are designed to secure all web servers. Whilst technically the two flavours of certificate are identical, they carry a different warranty. This reduced warranty enable us to further reduce the cost of the certificate to you.

We believe it is important to protect the end user. If we were to mis-issue a certificate to a fraudulent site, and that fraudulent site has an SSL link with an end user and as a result of this the end user loses money. The end user had what they thought was a "trusted session". (Aust Secure) Comodo should never have provided the fraudster with the ability to engineer this situation. Hence, we have taken out insurance to pay out money to the end user. How can we do this?

1. We value the end customer
2. We believe the insurance provided greater peace of mind hence allows the merchant to sell more products
3. Most importantly, we value our validation techniques (delivered through www.idauthority.com)

We pre-validate customers and provide validation that is far higher than the majority of other SSL providers. Some CA's have very weak validation hence they decide NOT to offer insurance! Finally, it is worth pointing out, that we offer high validation, but not at the compromise of speed. You can still obtain SSL instantly.

If you require an increased warranty on your SSL Certificate, choose from the Standard SSL or Premium SSL options. This provides a greatly increased warranty of $2500 and $10,000 respectively.

Provided we have sufficient validation information available through the IdAuthority (as described in the CPS), your Standard SSL, Premium SSL or Wildcard SSL can be issued in only minutes. If additional verification processes must be used to validate your application, the issuance process may take slightly longer. In such cases we guarantee that the Certificate is issued within 2 working days. Please contact us directly to expedite your Order should it be urgent.

Aust Secure SSL is compatible with any browsers and webservers using SSL version 3 - the de facto SSL implementation. SSL version 1 and version 2 have been superseded by version 3 for a number of years, mainly due to the inherent security flaws found in these old versions.

All web browsers developed after Internet Explorer 3 and Netscape 3 use SSL version 3 (however still support older SSL protocol versions). If your webserver is only capable of supporting versions 1 and 2 of the SSL protocol we strongly recommend you contact your webserver software vendor for an update - these protocols are flawed.

No, they support the key size as determined by the web server or browser, if the web server or browser can only negotiate 40 or 56bit then this is session that is established.

This is another term for 128 bit encryption. All Instant SSL certificates are strong encryption.

SGC is Server Gated Cryptography. This does have the ability to up rate a weak browser to a stronger (128bit) browser without the need to upgrade. It was introduced at a time that the US encryption export laws were stringent.

SGC Certificates rely on the webserver software being able to handle SGC. Aust Secure does not at this time issue SGC certificates.

Yes, anyone wishing to provide a confidential and secure link between server and customer's browser can apply for a certificate

The Common Name field contains the domain or server name. Do not include http:// or before the name or any subfolders indicated by the / after the domain name.

The web server details are for our records and support purposes only. The certificates are the same format irrelevant of the web server chosen.

Contact support at help@austdomains.com.au with your order number and a member of the team will be happy to update you

If you have already submitted your application please contact help@austdomains.com.au quoting your Order Number and details of the mistake. In some cases you may need to submit a replacement CSR.

Yes, but it can be simpler and more cost effective to open an account as an Enterprise Public Key Infrastructure Manager (EPKI Manager). For more information please contact help@austdomains.com.au

It may also be more cost effective to use a Wildcard certificate which protects all sub-domains below the primary named domain. For more information please contact help@austdomains.com.au.

Please contact one of our sales team either by phone or email help@austdomains.com.au.