| FREE
CAROLINAS.NET CERTIFICATE |
Carolinas.net User Accounts may use our Secure
Digital Certificate FREE. Forms directed to our secure server would have the following
URL:
https://www2.security-one.com:2001/home/username/nameofform.htm
The secure server does have some restrictions.
You may not install and run your own CGI scripts on the secure server. This is for
security considerations and the amount of load individual scripts would impose on the
secure server.
We do, however, provide you with an interface to
a form mail script (fmail.pl, just like the one in your user account) that allows you to
use online order forms to process any sensitive information a customer and vendor would
like to encrypt and secure, i.e.., (personal or credit card information).
This may create some limitations, due to the
simple nature of the fmail script. However, most customers are utilizing it quite
effectively for their secure online order needs. You may interface with the fmail.pl the
same way you do on your normal user account, except that in the thank you reference, you
can change the URL to the secure server rather than your normal user account (details are
provided with the instructions for the secure server sent to you request the secure server
activation). The issue of security has arisen regarding the processed mail form going from
the secure site to unsecure e-mail (where all forms processed by form mail goes). To
address this issue, Carolinas.net goes one step further and provides server-side PGP
encryption (see details below).
| YOUR OWN
SECURE CERTIFICATE |
If your company would like a personalized secure
server (https://www.yourdomain.com) or you need to run secure CGI scripts (like a shopping
cart system) for your site, then you may want to consider purchasing your own Digital
Certificate and secure server for a nominal fee. Carolinas.net can assist you with the
application process using the services of Thawte or Verisign. Please use this form to
submit your request. Secure
Certificate Submission Form
Thawte and Verisign provide Secure Certificates
and the details are at:
http://www.verisign.com
http://www.thawte.com
Both certificates are supported on
Carolinas.net's servers and are widely recognized by today's web browsers.
Secure Certificate prices are as follows:
Verisign $349.00
Thawte $125.00
The steps to getting your own secure server
are:
- Obtain a Digital Secure Certificate from one of
the agencies listed above.
- Generate secure keys for the secure server
software and certificate.
- We charge a $200 fee to generate the key for you
if you require assistance. If you want to generate your own key you will need secure
server software. The software we use is the Stronghold secure server, created by
c2net (www.c2.net)
- Install the secure server software onto your
virtual server
- We charge a $150 installation setup fee to
install the secure server software
- There is an additional $35.00/mo.charge for using
the secure server on your user account
When Thawte and Verisign send you
your Certificate Key you MUST submit it to us using our PGP encrypted secure Certificate Key Submission
Form
| IMPORTANT: When you order a Secure Server it does not include the
installation of PGPTM. PGP for your secure server MUST be purchased from Network Associates. |
With the rising demand for security over the
Internet, requests for secure features have increased for web hosting. Carolinas.net
has addressed this need with the implementation of PGP-based encryption for information
processed by our secure servers. We offer free secure server space (information is
processed/transferred through the SSL, Secure Socket Layer) to handle your sensitive
information (online order forms, etc.). Additionally, we offer the means to secure
information sent to you via SSL/on-line forms. The information is encrypted both on the
server and in transit all the way back to your work station(s). Carolinas.net is
pleased to support PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) for our customers as a means of actually
encrypting the e-mail (which can only be decrypted on your end using the PGP
public/private key system). Carolinas.net is one of the few hosting companies that offer
the combination of SSL and PGP to maximize the security of on-line transactions necessary
for e-commerce. The combination of SSL and PGP will provide you and your customers
with maximum security.
Before implementing the use of PGP, you may want
to become familiar with the whole dynamics of the PGP system by visiting some of the links
below for more information. You will also need to get the PGP program (available as
freeware and in commercial applications, as well as available for different OS platforms
[like Macs and Windows systems] and in different languages) from one of the links below.
Since PGP can be rather complex, we do not go into great detail on our site about the
usage or configuration of PGP (because it can be different from system to system and
version to version), therefore, were commend that you thoroughly read any available
documentation.
Download PGP- 
You can download PGP from any of these
sites:
PGP Information
You can find information (manuals, FAQ's, etc.)
from any of these sites:
After obtaining the actual PGP
program and becoming familiar with its usage through the documentation available from the
resources above, you can submit your PUBLIC PGP key (if you don't know what we are
referring to, you need to read the PGP documentation some more) by using the PGP Public Key Submission
Form at: http://www.carolinas.net/support/security/pgpsubmit.htm