Thawte Adds Yet Another Product to Its Extensive SSL Product Range

Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd, one of the largest global Certificate Authorities and commercial providers of SSL certificates, has introduced SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificates in their Reseller channel.

Cape Town, South Africa (PRWEB) January 31, 2005 -- Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd, one of the largest global Certificate Authorities and commercial providers of SSL certificates, has introduced SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificates in their Reseller channel. An SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificate is fully authenticated, is capable of 128-bit encryption and enables customers to secure multiple hosts for their domains on the same server. Customers no longer need to spend time, money and effort on obtaining individual certificates for all their hosts on a specific domain.

Thawte has focused on ensuring that their Reseller channel offers customers the best features and product range in the industry. Pricing within this channel is highly competitive and is targeted to maximize Resellers effectiveness. Their product range is more extensive than any of its competitors, ranging from a variety of 128-bit enabled SSL certificates from SSL Web Server certificates to SGC SuperCerts to a fast turnaround SSL123 Certificate, as well as the unique platform-independent Code Signing certificate.

Bo Wilson, VP and Managing Director of Thawte, states that Our customers remain our main focus at Thawte, with outstanding global service offered by all of our employees, especially from our Reseller Sales, Customer Service and Technical Support teams. This addition to the Reseller Channel reconfirms Thawtes commitment to the Reseller/ISP market and we will continue to provide new features in this channel."

Thawte also recently announced that their certificates fully secure internationalized domain names and certificate contents are fully internationalized -- a global first. Their certificates are compatible with the largest number of browsers on the market, they also provide free reissues throughout the lifespan of a certificate, a free Thawte Trusted Site Seal with all SSL products and free multi-language global customer and technical support.

About Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd:

Thawte is an established, trusted Certification Authority -- a company that facilitates message encryption by managing security credentials and public keys. Thawte does this by issuing digital certificates to parties once independent proof of their identity has been obtained. For more details, please e-mail pr@thawte.com or resellersales@thawte.com

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