As used in SSL secured Internet transactions, a web certificate provides the following:

Confirmation of Identity
The party receiving the information (i.e. the party controlling the server) is the party to whom the communication is intended (i.e. not some wily imposter).

Non-interception
The user's information will not be intercepted and interpreted (by some wily eavesdropper) between the user's browser and the server.

The assurances obtained by Web Certificates are a necessity for all e-commerce implementations and any communication in which confidential information is exchanged. Internet browsers can rest assured that their communications are secured by a properly authenticated web certificate as evidenced by the appearance of a little padlock in the frame of their Internet browser.

Technically, a web certificate is a statement digitally signed by a Certification Authority (CA) that uses a properly authenticated Private Key/Public Key pair to bind a public key to an identity. This provides independent confirmation of the identity of an entity. More formally, a certificate is a computer-based record which:

• Identifies the Certification Authority issuing it
• Names, identifies, or otherwise describes an attribute of the subscriber
• Contains the subscriber's public key
• Contains the digital signature of the CA issuing it
• Provides a date range over which the certificate is valid

To obtain a web certificate, a Private Key/Public Key Pair will be generated on the server ( by JE2000, LLC) and then authenticated by a Certificate Authority (CA), which has the requisite recognition in the browser software.