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A lot of companies advertise 128-bit certificates, but they don have SGC. What is the difference between VeriSigns SSL Certificates and those of other providers?

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A lot of companies advertise 128-bit certificates, but they don have SGC. What is the difference between VeriSigns SSL Certificates and those of other providers?

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Non-SGC SSL Certificates provide a minimum of 40-bit and up to 256-bit SSL encryption. Site visitors using certain older browsers and many Windows 2000 systems using Internet Explorer will only receive 40- or 56-bit encryption unless they’re connecting to an SGC-enabled SSL Certificate. VeriSign is the leading SSL provider of SGC-enabled SSL Certificates, enabling 128- or 256-bit encryption for over 99.9% of Internet users. (SGC: Strongest SSL Encryption.