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When the customer accesses a secured web page, an SSL session is initiated. At this point
the client can click on the padlock icon in the browser status bar to ensure that the
certificate is current and that it has indeed been issued to your company. The web server
sends its public key to the client’s browser. The browser uses this key to send a randomly
generated secret key back to the server. A secret key exchange is now in place, and the
client can enter personal information, including credit card details. The information is
encrypted and can be submitted to the web server without being intercepted along the way.
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