The term "browser ubiquity" describes an SSL certificate's browser compatibility — i.e., the extent to which the Certification Authority's (CA) root certificate is included in the Web browsers on the market. In other words: If the root certificate of the CA is present in the "Trusted Root Certificates" store of the browser, the SSL certificates issued by the CA are compatible with that browser. The more browsers and browser versions supported, the higher the level of browser ubiquity, and hence, the more versatile the certificate is. Thus, high browser ubiquity means that most existing browsers recognize a given certificate, and that secure transactions thus can take place on those browsers. Most SSL certificate services support all major browsers.
Our root certificates - the Valicert Class 2 Policy Validation Authority and the Go Daddy Class 2 Certification Authority — is installed in the following browser versions:
- ACCESS NetFront — 3.3 and higher
- Android — All versions
- AOL — 5 and higher
- AT&T WAP Gateways — All AT&T phones that use WAP version 1.X for Web browsing
- BlackBerry OS — 4.1 and higher
- Chrome (Google browser) — All versions
- Firefox — All versions
- Internet Explorer — 5.01 and higher
- iPhone — All versions
- Kindle (Amazon) — 1.1 and higher
- Konqueror — All versions
- Microsoft Windows Mobile — 2005 AKU 2 and higher
- Motorola phones — Manufactured in 2009 and later
- Mozilla — All versions
- Netscape — 4.7 and higher
- Nokia devices — Manufactured in 2007 and later
- Opera — 7.5 and higher
- Palm OS — 6.1 and higher (also Treo 650)
- Safari — Mac OS X 10.3.4 and higher
- Sprint devices — Manufactured in 2010 and later
- Sony Playstation Portable — 2.5 and higher
- Sun Java Runtime (JRE) 1.4.2_07 and higher and 1.5.0_02 and higher
That equals 99% total browser ubiquity.
Users of older browser versions may receive a warning that the root certificate is not trusted. When presented with the warning those users can simply install the root certificate. To do so, click "View Certificate." Then, when the certificate is displayed, click "Install Certificate."