Last Minute Golfer Security and Encryption
Our Reservation Forms are secured using 128 Bit SSL Encryption (what is SSL ?) This means your information is protected while using our site. Because our website utilizes 'frames' for navigation purposes, you will not see a small padlock icon at the bottom of your browser. But rest assured that our reservation forms are as secure as possible. At any time, you can validate the security of any page you are on by following these simple steps. (Netscape users see instructions at bottom of page)
1) Right click your mouse somewhere in a blank
area on the page.
2) Choose "Properties" from the small popup menu that appears
3) You should see information on your connection that states something similar
to the following:
"SSL 3.0 RC4 with 128 bit encryption (High); RSA
with 512 bit exchange"
You may also view
our Certificate Information provided by our issuer, GoDaddy.com. We look forward to any questions or comments you may have regarding the security
of our site.
Sincerely,
LastMinuteGolfer
Netscape users follow these steps:
1) Right click your mouse somewhere in a blank
area on the page.
2) Choose "View Frame Info" from the small popup menu that appears
3) You should see information about the Security of the document as well as
information showing the details of our Certificate issued by Starfield Secure Certification Authority.
(http://www.starfieldtech.com/)
What is SSL Security ?
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) technology is the industry-standard method for protecting web communications developed by Netscape Communications Corporation.
The SSL security protocol provides data encryption, server authentication, message integrity, and optional client authentication for a TCP/IP connection. Because SSL is built into all major browsers and web servers, it is the easiest and most comon form of security used on the internet. SSL comes in two strengths, 40-bit and 128-bit, which refer to the length of the "session key" generated by every encrypted transaction. The longer the key, the more difficult it is to break the encryption code. Most browsers support 40-bit SSL sessions, and the latest browsers, including Netscape Communicator 4.0+, and IE enable users to encrypt transactions in 128-bit sessions - trillions of times stronger than 40-bit sessions.
We use the highest SSL coding of 128bit.
During the reservation stage 128bit SSL encryprion is turned on in your browser via our server, all information that you provide to us is encrypted and transmitted over the web in 128bit form, this makes for a secure transaction between you and us.
Because our website uses frames, the browser may not turn on the SSL lock within your browser, this is due to the master frame being insecure while the secondary frame is secure, the browser therefore will not show the lock icon due to there being an insecure frame being present. This is not a security issue as all information is transmitted via the secure frame. eg the Reservation frame, this frame acts like a portal where one frame is a portal to our main site and the other is a portal to our reservation site, you can only transmit data down one portal at a time and hence all data that you place on our reservation page will be transmitted via the secure portal of our site.
If you still have questions or concerns, please contact Technical Support.