An SSL certificate is a special technology that helps secure a website. When a website is SSL certified, it means that all transactions and data transmissions to and from the website to the web-server are secure and encrypted.

Basically there are two types of SSL certificates – Single Root and Chained Root SSL. Single Root Certificates are generally considered to be more secure certificate and preferred over Chained Root SSL Certificates.

However Chained Root SSL Certificates are also quite effective and secure since they are generally based on a Trusted Root Certificate only   More detail...