what are they?

The SSL protocol is the web standard for encrypting communications between users and the servers they are communicating with. Data sent via a SSL connection is protected by encryption, a mechanism that prevents eavesdropping and tampering with any transmitted data. SSL provides businesses and consumers with the confidence that private data sent to a web site, such as credit card numbers, are kept confidential. SSL Certificates are required to initialise an SSL session. Customers know when they have an SSL session when their browser displays the little gold padlock and the address bar begins with a https rather than http.

what certificates can I buy?

TEAMnetwork offers competitively priced SSL Certificates from these reputable vendors:


Our certificates are supported on a wide range of browsers including:


Most SSL Certificates are issued by Certification Authorities who own and use their own Trusted Root CA Certificates. We only issue SSL Certificates that are Single Root, this means they have already been added into the browser by the browser vendor and are regarded as highly trusted. Some newer certificates (such as Extended Validation SSL Certificates) may contain a Chained Certificate, however we will only provide Chained Certificates when the Certification Authority owns the Root Certificate associated with it.