More books have been added!! ...check the "Catalog" page under "New Products for September"

Here's the link:

Texas Rare Books Catalog

More books have been added ...check the "Catalog" page under "New Products for May"

The SSL Certificate has been installed.
Customer account information, and the checkout process is secured with an SSL Certificate.

How you can tell if a web page is secured:
First: Check the web page URL. Normally, when browsing the web, the URLs (web page addresses) begin with the letters "http". However, over a secure connection the address displayed should begin with "https" - note the "s" at the end.
Second: Check for the "Lock" icon. There is a de facto standard among web browsers to display a "lock" icon somewhere in the window of the browser (NOT in the web page display area!) For example, Microsoft Internet Explorer displays the lock icon in the lower-right of the browser window. Mozillas FireFox Web Browser displays the lock icon in the lower-left corner.
The Lock Icon is not just a picture!! Click or double-click on it to see details of the sites security certificate. This is important to know because some fraudulent web sites are built with a bar at the bottom of the web page to imitate the lock icon of your browser! Therefore it is necessary to test the functionality built into this lock icon. Furthermore, it is very important to know your browser! Check your browsers help file or contact the makers of your browser software if you are unsure how to use this functionality.

I found an excellent article on this subject matter here:

Appraising Collectible Books

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What is SSL and what are Certificates?

SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is the standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a web server and a browser. This link ensures that all data passed between the web server and browsers remain private and integral. SSL is an industry standard and is used by millions of websites in the protection of their online transactions with their customers.

The Secure Socket Layer protocol was created by Netscape to ensure secure transactions between web servers and browsers. The protocol uses a third party, a Certificate Authority (CA), to identify one end or both end of the transactions. This is in short how it works:

1. A browser requests a secure page (usually https://).

2. The web server sends its public key with its certificate.

3. The browser checks that the certificate was issued by a trusted party (usually a trusted root CA), that the certificate is still valid and that the certificate is related to the site contacted.

4. The browser then uses the public key, to encrypt a random symmetric encryption key and sends it to the server with the encrypted URL required as well as other encrypted http data.

5. The web server decrypts the symmetric encryption key using its private key and uses the symmetric key to decrypt the URL and http data.

6. The web server sends back the requested html document and http data encrypted with the symmetric key.

7. The browser decrypts the http data and html document using the symmetric key and displays the information.

    

    

   When your browser connects to an SSL server, it automatically asks the server for a  digital Certificateof Authority (CA). This digital certificate positively authenticates the server's identity to ensure you will not be sending sensitive data to a hacker or imposter site. The browser also makes sure the domain name matches the name on the CA, and that the CA has been generated by a trusted authority and bears a valid digital signature. If all goes well you will not even be aware this handshake has taken place.

    

   Installation should be complete within the next few days.