Re: SSL certificate sellers

Robert,

One can always self-sign a certificate, but since you
are probably not a recognized Certificate Authority
said cert would generate a security warning to your
customers.

The same can happen if you go with a Certificate
Authority your customer's web browsers do not trust by
default. 

I found this chart the other day. It claims that users
of the Opera web browser would encounter this problem
if you choose to go with QuickSSL.

http://www.whichssl.com/faq/compatibility.html

In my position at a small university we have
frequently self-signed SSL certs for testing purposes.
I could never recommend self-signing for accepting
sensitive information like credit cards. As a consumer
I would never submit a cc number to a site that
generated the security error (have encountered this a
couple times).

Also, remember to renew in a timely fashion. Verisign
only gave us a reminder 10 days before the expiration
date.

Ezra

--- Robert Clendaniel <robert(at)baylogic.com> wrote:
> I am looking for a less expensive digital
> certificate seller -
> Thawte seems to be US$199.00 and Verisign is
> US$349.00.
> 
> I found that Geotrust is selling what they call a
> "QuickSSL" for
> US$119 which I can get via email in 10 minutes.
> 
> Does anyone have experience with Geotrust?  Their
> web site says
> their certs work with "most Netscape/AOL and
> Microsoft Internet
> Explorer web browsers".
> 
> Robert Clendaniel
> BayLogic Internet Marketing Inc.
> robert(at)baylogic.com
> (410) 479-2550
> 


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