Secured Socket Layer
Vaxxine is pleased to announce that it's current WWW services allow for the use of the Secured Sockets Layer (SSL).

Why A Secured Web Server?
A fact that is sometimes not noted in terms of the World Wide Web is how data gets from the WWW server to a browser such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.

The data is sent across the Internet in a "plain text" format. This means that any person with the equipment and appropriate technical skill could "listen in" on the data being sent back and forth from the server to the browser. While this is fine for public information such as most WWW pages it becomes a problem when the data you wish to transmit is private, such as credit card numbers from people making their purchases across the 'net.

Data Encryption
In order to allow such sensitive data to be transmitted across the Internet a number of well know software development companies, such as Microsoft and Netscape, proposed various ways to "encrypt" data going across the Internet. Encrypted data is rendered unreadable to anyone who doesn't know the "password" or "key" used to encrypt the data. 

Current technologies in data encryption use complex mathematical functions to alter "plain text" data into a form which can travel safely across the Internet. A special method of encryption known as "Public Key" allows the data to be encrypted by the browser without it even knowing the password needed to decrypt it!

Secured Sockets Layer
From the various method proposed for encryption across the Internet one has taken foot in the World Wide Web. The Secured Sockets Layer, or SSL, is accepted by most major browsers, such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer, as the preferred way to transmit sensitive data. 

Vaxxine has responded to customer requests and has taken the initiative to acquire and install a new WWW server capable of supporting SSL and thus able to send sensitive data across the Internet in the safest way possible.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact the vaxxine.com Web Master, webmaster@vaxxine.com.