Secure Socket Layer info...
Pages on the e-gold Ltd. web site that require your account password or display/edit account information, are secured using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. To protect this information from others you are best served using 128 bit SSL ("strong encryption"). Lesser strength encryption (e.g. 40 bit SSL) can be "broken" in a matter of days or less. 128 bit encryption is over 300,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 times harder to break than 40 bit encryption.
e-gold Ltd. uses an SSL server certificate that allows modern web browser software to utilize the advantages of 128-bit security. The type of technology used in this certificate goes by several names: "Global Server ID", "SGC Special Digital certificate", and "Super Certificate".
If you are using one of the following browsers...
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
- Netscape Navigator 4.06 or later
...then you will connect to SSL protected e-gold web pages using 128 bit "strong encryption" technology from anywhere in the world.
Note: If you use IE5+, and double-click the padlock icon while viewing a page encrypted with the e-gold Ltd. certificate, you may notice the phrase "This certificate has failed to verify for all of it's (sic) intended purposes". There is a difference between the Verisign Primary CA and International CA that causes this. The International CA certificate has more capabilities defined than the top level Primary CA. If you wish to make this message stop appearing, you can choose the "Certification Path" tab in the pop up dialog, select the top level certificate, click "View Certificate", select the "Details" tab, click "Edit Properties", and then select "Enable all purposes for this certificate".
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