What is Secure Sockets Encryption?
Secure Sockets Encryption, also called Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL, is a protocol designed by Netscape Communications Corporation to provide secure communications on the Internet. SSL is used on our site to protect credit card transactions and password information by encrypting data. SSL is layered beneath application protocols such as HTTP, SMTP, Telnet and FTP and is layered above the connection protocol TCP/IP.