Support for a Wide Range of Encryption Options

Includes OpenSSL-based mod_ssl

mod_ssl provides 128-bit and Triple DES encryption and is compatible with both SSL and TLS (Transport Layer Security, the third incarnation of the Secure Socket Layer [SSL] protocol) to support a full array of secure connections. Mod_ssl supports Global Server IDs (GSID), which upgrade standard 40-bit browsers for full 128-bit security.

Simplified Certificate Management

Mod_ssl supports almost all CAs, including VeriSign, Thawte, Entrust, and Equifax. While digital certificates can be issued by any Certificate Authority (CA), most web browsers contain a trusted CA list that includes those ERS supports.

Hardware Acceleration Support

mod_ssl supports the Rainbow CryptoSwift and nCipher nFast acceleration cards. When CPU-intensive PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) cryptography operations are offloaded to optimized hardware, server response times can be accelerated up to 1000%—increasing e-commerce throughput, reducing customer wait times, and multiplying the number of customer transactions a server can simultaneously manage. Hardware acceleration also yields savings, delivering higher performance for much less than the cost of additional servers.

Secure Your FTP Transmissions with SSL

ERS FTP shares the scalability and reliability of its underlying Apache architecture. Its support for both multi-threaded and multi-processing models enables you to scale FTP.

ERS FTP supports RFC 2228 for FTP transmissions over SSL, providing an industry-standard method for secure FTP information exchange. Both implicit and explicit SSL connections are supported for the widest compatibility with commercial FTP client software. The ERS FTP module also supports the draft specification for SSL/TLS support. Many ERS customers already use ERS FTP for critical business processes, such as transmitting financial records and software updates.