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Scottsdale, Arizona - (Cheap Web Hosting Directory) - November 6, 2006 - Website hosting and domain registrar company, GoDaddy.com, and other industry companies in the CA/Browser Forum, have joined together to combat phishing and improve online security, by supporting a new standard for an enhanced type of digital certificate.

The Extended Validation (EV) SSL Certificate is a digital credential SSL Certificate that authenticates the identity of a web site and encrypts information via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology. Bob Parsons, Founder and CEO of GoDaddy.com, ”Go Daddy is proud to be part of a prestigious group committed to making the Internet safe for everyone. We support a standard enabling more secure transactions, further legitimizing online business and better helping to prevent fraud for all Internet users.”

Phishing criminals have become increasingly sophisticated and it is often difficult for average web users to tell if they have been led into dangerous Internet territory. On average, Americans suffered more than $2,500 in individual losses stemming from Internet fraud last year, according to a report from the National Fraud Information Center. The new EV SSL Certificate guidelines are pending final approval by the Forum and will establish criteria for Certification Authorities (CA) in issuing, maintaining and revoking SSL Certificates for use in e-commerce. Among many important criteria, the next generation of Internet browsers will clearly display certificate identity information at all times. This will help consumers determine if they have been redirected to a phony or scam version of a popular site.

The EV SSL specifications strengthen the vetting process including verification of an applicant’s legal and physical existence, identity, and place of business. The right to use a domain name and that an entity has authorized the issuance of an EV SSL is also verified. The CA/Browser Forum members developing the new specifications comprise recognized leaders in the Internet community including Certification Authorities, the American Bar Association Information Security Committee and Internet browser software developers including Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera and KDE.

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Go Daddy is a leading provider of services developed to enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration and web site hosting services, as well as a broad array of on-demand and other services. The Go Daddy Group is the world’s largest domain name registrar, with approximately 14.6 million domain names under management as of June 30, 2006 and North America’s largest shared web site hosting provider. During the final six months of 2005, The Go Daddy Group registered approximately one-third of all domain names registered in the top five generic top-level domains, or gTLDs, including .com, .net, .org, .biz and .info.

To learn more about the CA/Browser Forum and the Extended Validation SSL Certificate, please visit: www.cabforum.org.

For more information and to sign up to be notified when EV SSL certificates become available early next year, please visit: www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/extend.asp.

To learn more about Go Daddy, please visit: www.godaddy.com.

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