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The Go Daddy Group, Inc.,parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of domain names, announcedtoday that it will issue its Turbo SSL Certificate to bona-fide open sourcesoftware projects — at no cost. “Open source” software projects allowsoftware developers free access to underlying software code, as well as theability to read, redistribute, and modify the source code.

Go Daddy has already issued its first free SSL Certificate to binarycloud,an open source project focused on application framework and developmentenvironments for creating large-scale PHP applications. The Turbo SSLcertificates which Go Daddy will issue to open source projects — a $29.95value — are issued within minutes, have 99% browser recognition, and provide128-bit Web server security — the highest level of encryption available onthe market today. Learn more about Go Daddy’s no-charge initiative for theopen source community at https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl_opensource.asp

“Part of what binarycloud offers is highly secure authentication — whichmeans everything we do must be extremely secure — especially code checkins,”said Alex Black, Project Leader for binarycloud. “After researchingVerisign’s certificates, we decided that Go Daddy’s SSL offering was superior– well priced and simple to administer. They kindly donated anenterprise-grade SSL certificate to the project and we’ve used it with noproblems for a variety of services on binarycloud.com. Thanks, Go Daddy!”

“We are a big supporter of the open source community,” added Bob Parsons,president and founder of The Go Daddy Group, Inc., recently named the fastestgrowing technology company (ranked # 8 overall) on the Inc. 500 List ofAmerica’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. “Go Daddy offers numerous opensource software applications in conjunction with our hosting plans,specifically, blogging, image galleries, content management and more. We willaugment these offerings in the coming months.”

Go Daddy SSL certificates offer both businesses and individuals a higherlevel of security and privacy than typical Internet sites for onlinetransactions where sensitive information is exchanged. Go Daddy certificateshave received the WebTrust Seal of Assurance (awarded by the AmericanInstitute of Certified Public Accounts (http://www.AICPA.org), and the CanadianInstitute of Chartered Accountants (http://www.CICA.ca)), which guarantees that GoDaddy has met and exceeded standards in the areas of privacy, security,business practices/transaction integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

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