SSL - Secure Sockets Layer (128 bit Encryption)

SSL certificates offer a secure method for transmitting and receiving sensitive information (such as credit card numbers, medical documents, legal writings, and similar). When your website is ready for e-commerce, an SSL certificate will be one peice of the overall e-commerce solution.

	Positive SSL	Instant SSL	Instant SSL Pro	Premium SSL
1 Year	$33	AU$66	AU$88	AU$132
2 Years	$66	AU$99	AU$132	AU$198
3 Years	$99	AU$143	AU$190	AU$286
Usage	Low volume e-commerce transactions. Ideal for securing Intranet/Extranet	Intranets, extranets and web sites conducting transactions valued at sub $50	Leading e-commerce enabled web sites, as well as intranets and extranets	Leading e-commerce enabled web sites conducting high volume / high value transactions
Certificate Warranty	none	US$50	US$2500	US$10,000
SSL Encryption	128/256 bit	128/256 bit	128/256 bit	128/256 bit
Trust Logo	No	No	Yes	Yes
Site Seal Logo	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Full validation / authentication	Domain Only	Yes	Yes	Yes
Instant automated issuance	Yes	Requires documented proofs of business identity
Installation	$160.00

All prices are in Australian Dollars and inclusive of GST.
International customers will be GST-Free.

InstantSSL - General Frequently Asked Questions

What is SSL?
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. Instant SSL is such a Certificate, and when installed, can be used to create secure links to protect transactions, passwords, personal details, etc.

Why does an Instant SSL Certificate cost considerably less than other Certification Authorities?
Instant SSL has direct access to the IdAuthority, the largest commercial directory on the web. Instant 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 InstantSSL, Instant SSL Pro or PremiumSSL 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.

Will Instant SSL Certificates work correctly with my customer's browsers?
In order for your customer's browser to seamlessly use an Instant SSL Certificate, they must trust our 'Root Certificate'. Our Root (provided by Baltimore Technologies) is trusted by over 99.3% of all current browsers, 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 Instant SSL as trusted as Verisign and Thawte.

What is the difference between an InstantSSL, Instant SSL Pro and PremiumSSL Certificate?
In summary, Instant SSL Certificates are designed to secure intranets and transactions below $50. Our Instant SSL Pro and PremiumSSL Certificates are designed to secure all web servers. Whilst technically the three flavours of certificate are identical, due to the nature of how we intend the Instant SSL Certificates to be used, they carry a reduced warranty ($50 maximum warranty). This reduced warranty enable us to further reduce the cost of the certificate to you. However, Instant SSL Pro Certificates carry a warranty of $2500 and PremiumSSL Certificates carry a greatly increased warranty of $10,000 for your total peace of mind and also include a free TrustLogo worth $119.

What does the Warranty actually mean?
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". 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.

I want an increased Warranty on my Instant SSL Certificate - how can I get this?
If you require an increased warranty on your SSL Certificate, choose from the Instant SSL Pro or PremiumSSL Certificates option. This provides a greatly increased warranty of $2500 and $10,000 respectively.

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

I am not a company, can I apply for a Certificate?
Yes, anyone wishing to provide a confidential and secure link between server and customer's browser can apply for a certificate.