What is a secure socket layer (SSL) and what does it do?

   An SSL certificate (also called a cert) resides on our web server. Combined with the security components built into the web server and your internet browser, the SSL provides the following functions for secure e-commerce transactions:

• Confirmation to your internet browser that the domain being visited (ctbusters.com) is, in fact, the company listed in the certificate. This prevents someone from just setting up a web site and claiming they are so-and-so company and accepting payments from visitors.
• Sends all confidential information (such as credit card information, usernames and passwords) from your browser to the web server in a secure mode using encryption that prevents information from being easily intercepted and used for indentity fraud. In other words, an SSL prevents someone from obtaining the confidential information during the transmission from your computer to the web server.
• Adds a level of trust between you and CTBusters.com by assuring you that the transfer of confidential information will be encrypted and secure.