| One of the question many businesses ask today is "is it safe to transact business on the Web?"
In reality, the fear and concern revolving around the Internet is in many cases more perceptual than reality. Granted, there are "bad people" in this world that will always try to break into things or otherwise steal things that don't belong to them. And granted, the Internet is a "public" network that virtually anybody can get access to. BUT... There are systems and technologies in place today that allow sensitive information that is being transmitted on the Web to be scrambled with a special "key" that only the Web server and the site visitor's Web browser know. In essence, even if somebody was able to capture a complete message between a Web browser and a Web server, they would be unable to read it due to the fact that it was scrambled with a special key that the bad person would't have. This technology is called Secure Sockets Layer, or SSL for short. Many of the most popular Web browsers like Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape's Navigator product support Secure Sockets Layer. Additionally, many Web developers (like QualData) that deal with customers electing to allow business transations at their Web sites utlize this techology to safeguard the information passing between the Web server and the Web browser. Some examples of Secure Sockets Layer QualData has implemented include:
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