SSL allows a secure communication channel to be set up between the server and your customer's browser. Once this connection has been made, information, like credit card numbers, can be exchanged with no chance of a third party intercepting the data.

There are some important issues regarding the use of secure processing that everyone needs to be aware of. Every web site name (i.e. www.YOUR-DOMAIN.com) that wishes to use SSL will need to have an authentication certificate. If you wish to use a certificate, you can use ours. However, this means that our site name will be on the certificate (ie. https://secure.elosoft.com).

Please note that SSL does not include software to process credit card transactions. Although you can securely receive credit card information through SSL, actual processing of the credit card will require a "Merchant account" from an accredited financial institution.