Needham, Massachusetts - (The Hosting News) - July 11, 2006 - A leading issuer of digital certificates for web security, GeoTrust, Inc., is offering three-year ESSL certificates to current Entrust customers for the price of $199.00 per certificate, the cost of a one-year Entrust Advantage SSL certificate. In addition, GeoTrust will add up to 12 months remaining on any existing Entrust certificate by simply adding the remaining months to the term of the new GeoTrust certificate.

Enterprise SSL (ESSL) provides organizations that require multiple server certificates with 256-bit encryption, high-assurance organizational vetting, rapid deployment and centralized administration using GeoTrust's web-based portal. In order to qualify for this promotion, a customer must be a current Entrust SSL customer who purchases these GeoTrust ESSL certificates by September 30, 2006. To take advantage of this offer, please call 866-511-4141 (option 3). The promotion is good for orders placed by Entrust customers before September 30, 2006. To take advantage of this promotion, please call GeoTrust Enterprise sales at 866-511-4141 (option 3).

Neal Creighton, CEO of GeoTrust explained, ''We want Entrust customers to make the switch to GeoTrust ESSL and experience the value and great customer service that we provide. We have become the fastest growing certificate authority in the world because we have remained steadfast in our mission to deliver the best managed PKI solutions available.''

Since 2001, GeoTrust has been serving the enterprise, education, government and web-hosting markets with innovative and patented SSL solutions. Enterprise SSL provides organizations that deploy multiple SSL certificates the ability to purchase their certificates in bulk, undergo a strict, high-assurance vetting process, and then allow an administrator to issue certificates as needed within the organization using GeoCenter, a web-based certificate management portal. GeoTrust believes that by leveraging its managed certificate service, organizations save time, money and valuable IT resources. For customers with requirements to secure large volumes of servers, multiple domain names or multi-year certificates, GeoTrust offers varied SSL packages.

GeoTrust is aN identity verification and trust service for e-business, and the fastest growing Certificate Authority, according to market research firm Netcraft. Its products include web security services for secure e-commerce transactions, identity verification, managed security services and TrustWatch (http://www.trustwatch.com), a free toolbar and search site that helps consumers recognize whether a site has been verified and is safe for the exchange of confidential information. With more than 100,000 companies worldwide using its technology for online security, a according to GeoTrust, it has become the second largest digital certificate provider in the world.

To learn more, please visit: www.geotrust.com.