Organization Validated SSL Certificates - VeriSign Comparison

GlobalSign OrganizationSSL VeriSign Secure Site VeriSign Secure Site Pro Corporate Structure Part of GMO Internet Inc A VeriSign brand (VeriSign A VeriSign brand (VeriSign Group, a public company. US owns Thawte and GeoTrust). owns Thawte and GeoTrust). HQ in New Hampshire and US support handled through US HQ. Vetting Method Organization vetting Organization vetting Organization vetting turnaround in 1-2 business days Browser Recognition All popular browsers and All popular browsers and All popular browsers and mobile devices supported mobile devices supported mobile devices supported Encryption Level  SGC enabled Free of X Not SGC enabled. Will not  SGC enabled. Steps weak 40 Charge. Steps weak 40 bit step up legacy browsers from bit browsers up to strong 128 browsers up to strong 128 bit, 40 bit to 128 bit. Will keep bit, provides at least 128 bit provides at least 128 bit and legacy browsers at 40 bit only. and up to 256 bit on all up to 256 bit on all popular popular non-legacy browsers non-legacy browsers Confidence Enhancing  “Secured by GlobalSign”   Clickable Site Seal clickable site seal included Installation Healthcheck Server availability, certificate X X installation, common error checking and site seal installation all checked free of charge for every certificate issued Server Licensing Model 3 server licenses 1 server license 1 server license For web server, backup server For web server only For web server only and third for additional server or load balancer. Usage is customer defined Additional Server License Additional packs of three Additional server licenses at Additional server licenses at Policy server licenses available for $399 $995 $349 Warranty $100,000 underwritten by $250,000 $250,000 insurance Wildcard SSL  $600 option X X

IP Address Support  Allows SSL Certificate to be X X issued to public IP address Single Certificate  Single SSL Certificate is X X Support for www & non- always issued to both www www sites and non-www web sites Subject Alternative  Allows up to three Subject X X Name (SAN) Support Alternative Names for localhosts to be entered during application (such as “server1”, “exchange-server”, etc Trial Availability  30 days on Test GlobalSign X X Root CA Validity Periods 1 to 5 years 1 to 3 years 1 to 3 years Standard Retail Price $349 $399 $995 1 year Standard SSL Standard Retail Price $949 X X 1 year Wildcard SSL

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