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Can someone give me advice on purchasing an SSL cert please?


beechy

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Whilst I am relatively new to all this I have once again plunged in at the deep end and bought myself a years dedicated server....

 

Like most things in my life I ..... errr

 

well you dont need a life history..... anyway....

 

Where is a good place to get a cert from..... by good I mean cheap :lol:

 

It would be nice if I could buy one for my whole server that would cover all domains on it but I'm guessing that would prove either a) imposible, or B) too expensive or c) a lot of fiddling to get working.

 

Thanks for looking, and thanks for any help in advance.

 

Regards

 

Ben.

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geotrust is very good and inexpensive

Posted

Just my two cents.

 

If you got a dedi server, create yourself a key with openssl to use for your ssl host.

Then put your fingerprint on your page 'bout security and privacy issues or faq so anyone interested can verify that the ssl key and the shop they buy from got the same offspring.

 

The reason you provide a ssl connection to your customers is that you want to exchange information privately. This is assured this way ;-)

 

Getting a certificate within 10 min from a "shop" only proves that you paid for it.

 

Cheers

Manfred

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Funnily enough customers expect you to pay for something that is "trusted".

I know it is a load of crap, but if it doesn't say Thawte or Verisign or any other big boy most customers will skip.

 

Please note that whichssl.org is actually owned by one of the SSL issueing companies. Only the expensive grade SSL's will have full browser compatibility. It looks like a minor issue (or the cheaper ones present it like it is) but it is in fact a lot of difference, and a lot of incompatible browsers.

 

HTH

Mattice

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