An Internet connection protected and encrypted with SSL (Secure Socket Layer) offers the best protection of your data from computer crime and abuse. Your registration data, all personal data of your account, and optionally the data used within our online application Benchum myData can be transmitted encrypted with SSL technology. You should be aware, however, that some older browsers and some firewalls can not use SSL. If you receive SSL error messages, you can only submit the data in unencrypted form. Alternatively, you may prefer to contact us by phone or fax.

SSL provides security by the following characteristics:

When you establish a connection to our secure web server, the server identifies itself with a "digital certificate“, which was issued by a certificate authority. Subsequently, your browser examines this certificate, in order to guarantee that you are connected to the correct server. This ensures that your connection is really established to our server www.benchum.com.

A digital certificate is an electronic document that binds an identity to a public key and is issued by an independent, trustworthy third-party certification authority (CA). The certificate authority guarantees the identity of the certificate owner and is responsible for the accuracy of the data contained in the certificate. Our certificate was issued by...

With encryption the highest possible protection from spying, sniffing, and spoofing by third parties is achieved. No third party can read the transmitted data.

The encrypted data cannot be modified on its way from sender to receiver. Incorrectly or distorted transmitted data are recognized by a checksum error and rejected.

The commonly used Internet browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Communicator automatically notify you when you are accessing a secured page.
You can recognize these web pages, which send and receive data encrypted in SSL, by the additional "s", that appears in the address bar, such as https://www.benchum.com instead of http://www.benchum.com. In addition, your browser might display the icon of a closed lock right hand down on the status bar (Microsoft Internet Explorer starting from version 2.X, Netscape Communicator starting from version 3.x).

Checking the identity:
If you double click on this safety symbol (the closed lock), you will receive a copy of the certificate, and you can verify the correct identity of the site operator.