On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 16:32, Urias McCullough <umccullough@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> The thing with the CAs is: are they known by the common browsers? Because if >> they're not, we could just as well sign our own certificate and avoid all >> costs. Signed certificates from CA which are unknown to browsers don't cut >> it, IMHO. > > I'm pretty certain Godaddy and StartCom are both trusted by the > majority of browsers. > > StartCom has a list of browser icons at the bottom of their page > designating which major browsers they are recognized by. [QUOTE] The release of Firefox 2.0 brings a slew of new features to millions of Internet users. One largely unheralded feature is the inclusion of the StartCom SSL certificate in the list of Certificate Authorities (CAs). [/QUOTE] : http://www.linuxboxadmin.com/articles/tools-and-utilities/firefox-2.0-and-lower-the-cost-of-ssl.html list for GoDaddy : http://help.godaddy.com/article/1140 # Mozilla (all versions) # Firefox (all versions) 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." Alternatively, users of older browsers may download and install the root certificate directly from the Repository[link on above url] --mmadia ----------------------------------------------------------------------- haiku-web@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Haiku Web & Developer Support Discussion List