In addition to downloadable and printable order forms, the Bureau of Engraving and Printing offers online credit card payment options via Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) technologies.
What is Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)?
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is an Internet communications protocol developed by Netscape and many other companies for transmitting information privately via the Internet. SSL works by using a private, mathematical key to encrypt data that's transferred between your web browser and the web server. SSL is supported by many browsers including Microsoft Internet Explorer version 2.1 or greater, or Netscape Navigator version 2.0 or greater.
How can I tell that SSL is working?
You will know that you are securely connected to the web server via SSL when you see a "closed lock" or an "unbroken key" icon in the bottom right-hand corner of your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser screen, or in the lower left-hand corner of the Netscape Navigator browser screen. You will also see an "https://" on your browser URL address line, indicating that you have established a secure link.
How does SSL help protect my credit card number when I shop in the B.E.P. Store?
SSL automatically encrypts the HTTP transmissions between your browser and our site's server. When you type your credit card information into our online order form, no one except authorized Bureau of Engraving and Printing customer service staff can read it.
What is Secure Electronic Transaction?
Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) is a system for ensuring the security of financial transactions on the Internet. It was supported initially by Mastercard, Visa, Microsoft, Netscape, and others. With SET, a user is given an electronic wallet (digital certificate) and a transaction is conducted and verified using a combination of digital certificates and digital signatures among the purchaser, a merchant, and the purchaser's bank in a way that ensures privacy and confidentiality. SET enables merchants to verify that buyers are who they claim to be. And it protects buyers by providing a mechanism for their credit card number to be transferred directly to the credit card issuer for verification and billing without the merchant being able to see the number. SET makes use of Netscape's Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), Microsoft's Secure Transaction Technology (STT), and Terisa System's Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP). SET uses some but not all aspects of a public key infrastructure (PKI).
How can I tell that SET is working?
You will know that you are securely connected to the web server via SET when you see a "closed lock" or an "unbroken key" icon in the bottom right-hand corner of your Microsoft Internet Explorer browser screen, or in the lower left-hand corner of the Netscape Navigator browser screen. You will also see an "https://" on your browser URL address line, indicating that you have established a secure link.
How does SET help protect my credit card number when I shop in the B.E.P. Store?
SET automatically encrypts the HTTP transmissions between your browser, our site's server, and the bank. When you type your credit card information into our online order form, no one except the credit card's issuing bank can decode it.
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To learn more about SET, choose from the links below:
