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10 Tips for Managing Multiple Servers

If you exchange secure information between Web servers and clients, facilitate server-to-server connections or support server load balancing or SSL acceleration, you are managing cross-network security for multiple servers. These 10 tips from VeriSign will help you save time and money without sacrificing the trust of your customers.

1.

Choose a management tool with a single point of control.

Managing enrolment, issuance and renewals of multiple certificates one-by-one is tedious and time-consuming. Our single-point of control gives you one interface with audit logs to manage certificates for your whole organisation. Prevent overlap or certificate lapse with this easy-to-use interface.

2.

Look for instant issuance with high-quality authentication.

With Managed PKI for SSL, VeriSign authenticates the primary administrator who pre-purchases VeriSign SSL Certificates for instant issuance. Administrators can be assigned organisations as well as roles and privileges to manage security, account configuration or certificates.

3.

Take advantage of volume pricing.

When you purchase certificates in multiples, you may save 20% to 40% or more (depending on the number and type of certificates purchased). Each certificate’s validity period begins when it is issued by the Managed PKI for SSL administrator.

4.

Take advantage of a longer validity period.

Cut your management time into a fraction of what it was and reduce costs by choosing a 2-year or 3-year certificate wherever possible.

5.

Issue a unique certificate for each server.

To ensure a common, high-level standard of security across all types of configurations, VeriSign recommends that you do not share or copy certificates among servers. To support redundant server backups, server load balancing or SSL acceleration, VeriSign offers a licensing option for certificates.

6.

Provide your customers with a verifiable trust mark.

Concerns about identity theft and browser warnings erode consumer confidence, even on secured pages. The best way to communicate to Web site users that pages are secure and you are who you say you are is to install Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificates and display the VeriSign Secured™ Seal, the most trusted mark on the Internet. (See VeriSign Secured Seal.) When shoppers visit a Web site secured with Extended Validation SSL Certificates, new high-security browsers will display your URL in a green address bar next to your name and the trusted VeriSign name.

7.

Customize enrolment pages to streamline processing.

VeriSign provides you with templates to create your own enrolment pages for instant issuance without human intervention. The administrator sets permissions for users and tasks. Create your own look and feel and include server-specific instructions to make the enrolment and installation process seamless for your users.

8.

Choose the strongest possible SSL Certificates.

Many millions of Internet users worldwide use browsers that will not connect at 128-bit encryption unless there is an SGC-enabled certificate on the server. VeriSign (including its affiliates, subsidiaries and resellers) is the only leading SSL provider to offer SGC-enabled SSL Certificates, which provide 128- or 256-bit encryption for over 99.9% of Internet users. (SGC: Strongest SSL Encryption.)

9.

Purchase certificates from a trusted, experienced SSL provider.

VeriSign SSL Certificates secure more than 450,000 Web servers, making us the leading SSL provider worldwide. We provide cryptographic hardware, configuration wizards, enrolment Web templates and installation guides. All you need is a Web browser and an Internet connection. Round out your network security with managed firewall, managed VPN, email security, anti-phishing or other critical security services from VeriSign.

10.

Protect your reputation and improve your online business.

When your company protects the confidentiality and integrity of sensitive information, your business benefits. Customers complete their transactions online. Partners trust you with sensitive business information. And you gain a reputation as a reliable online resource. (E-Commerce, Trust, and SSL.)


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