Vancouver, Washington - (The Hosting News) - January 06, 2006 - Domain registrar and web hosting provider, Dotster, Inc., has signed an agreement with thawte, Inc. to provide digital security certificates for e-commerce business customers needing advanced encryption technology to safeguard customer data and increase consumer confidence.

Dotster has priced the certificates aggressively and claims to be entering the market as the lowest cost provider of thawte certificates. Dotster will offer a wide variety of fully authenticated SSL certificates capable of 256-bit encryption, including the fast turn-around, low-priced SSL123 Certificate, SSL Web Server Certificates, SGC SuperCerts, and SSL Web Server Wildcard Certificates.

Digital certificates were first introduced in 1995, and provide SSL encryption for customer data submitted through websites. They also provide third-party verification of a website owner's identity to increase consumer confidence and ensure only appropriate business owners can decrypt protected data.

Dotster CEO Clint Page commented on the new product offering,''From our inception, Dotster has operated on a model of providing the most innovative, advanced products at the lowest possible price, and thawte's digital security certificates are a perfect complement to the cost-effective business services we already offer.''

Ilse Baxter, Director of Business Development, Sales and Marketing at thawte, Inc., added, ''We are proud that Dotster selected thawte, Inc. as its certification authority. This partnership combines our encryption expertise with Dotster's wide range of Internet services, allowing businesses to get the 'one stop shopping' experience they need for streamlined purchasing and support.''

To learn more about Dotster, please visit: www.dotster.com.

For further information on thawte, please visit: www.thawte.com.