Re: New SEC Law on SSL Certificates?

Who filed suit?  Thawte is thrilled about the merger.  See for yourself at
www.thawte.com.

David Godfrey
Webmaster/Developer
PG Music Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: Leland V. Lammert <lvl(at)omnitec.net>
To: Linda Titus <ltitus(at)mindspring.com>; hwg-business(at)hwg.org
<hwg-business(at)hwg.org>
Date: January 16, 2000 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: New SEC Law on SSL Certificates?


At 07:44 PM 1/15/00 , Linda Titus wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Site-host.com just told me that on 12/1/99, the SEC passed a law that says
>all SSL certificates must be individually owned.  Site-host.com says the
>reason CIHost had many of its servers shut down for a week two weeks ago
was
>because the SEC forced them to shut down, because those servers were
hosting
>sites that were �sharing� certificates.  As most of you probably know, most
>hosting companies do share certificates. Site-host.com warned me that the
>SEC will eventually come down all hosts that are sharing certificates.

Linda,

The SEC has absolutely NOTHING to say about SSL certificates. The fact that
Site-Host is using that as an excuse means that THEY have some sort of
problem with the SEC.

For example, we host a number of SSL sites for clients, .. and all of them
use OUR certificate (at this point). We have no communications with the SEC,
and as a private company they have absolutely NO authority over us.

Personally, I would look somewhere else.

>Speaking of SSL, VeriSign just bought Thawte.  I sure hope Thawte�s prices
>don�t go up. Does anyone know of an SSL certificate provider that costs
less
>than Thawte?

Yes and no. VeriSign has tendered an offer for Thawte, but at this point
Thawte has not notified us (a hosting partner) of any changes, .. and I
understand that a suit has been filed in Federal court to block the
acquisition.

         Lee
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    Leland V. Lammert                                lvl(at)omnitec.net
       Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
   Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
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