[ExchangeList] Re: [isalist] off topic about commercial certificates
- From: Chris Buechler <msexchange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:48:07 -0400
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-------------------------------------------------------Thomas W Shinder wrote:
The reason the expensive ones are expensive is because MS
pre-populates the trusted CA list for those certs. The cheap ones are
no better than ones you fry up yourself.
Not true. At least not with GoDaddy and probably at least some of the
other cheap ones (I can only personally vouch for GoDaddy, as I have a
few of their certs - I'm not related to the company in any way other
than being a satisfied customer for several years).
Depends on exactly what device you're talking about, and how up to date
your root certificates are. GoDaddy is in MS's trusted CA list if
you've installed the latest root certificates update from Windows Update
(I believe they were added in an update that came out in 2002 or so,
it's been a while). Again, https://chrisbuechler.com - using a $20/year
GoDaddy SSL cert. Recognized in every browser I've ever tried.
If I were running a widely used ecommerce site, I'd likely get a cert
from one of the big, expensive guys just because you can pretty much
guarantee every device in the world is going to recognize it as a
trusted certificate - even if your visitors' machines are grossly
outdated.
Cheers,
-Chris
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