Re: SSL difficulties with older browsers

Hi Paul (et al),

I had this same problem a while back. I spent tons of hours and telephone
cost on it. In the end I found a *really* simple and effective fix:

Rubles.

Yup Rubles. I just converted the dollars to Rubles, posted those, and sure
enough - customers stopped calling to complain . . . come to think of it .
. . so did the customer.

SEE?!?!?! *really* effective!

;-)
Fuzzy.

At 06:25 PM 12/3/01 , Paul Wilson wrote:
>We recently moved our website to a new server and they recommended a
>different Key provider ( I think Thawte)  and we are getting calls from
>customers with older browsers. They say that their browser states it's an
>unsecure site.  Any ideas?  We are willing to switch to Verisign, but I want
>to know if this will fix the problem.  No use wasting time and money.
>
>The only other option I see is a JavaScript browser sniffer with a pop-up
>message.  That won't solve the problem.  You know they won't go download an
>upgrade and come back to buy.  They will phone in the order which takes
>employee time and has a higher error rate.  Ideas?
>
>Paul Wilson
>webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com
>
>

______________________________________________________________
Captain F.M. O'Lary
ctfuzzy(at)canopy.net
"Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are
sixteen." - Albert Einstein
------------------------------------------------------------------

HTML: hwg-basics mailing list archives, maintained by Webmasters @ IWA