Check out www.freecert.org -- it was a project that was started because of
this exact purpose.

>From what I understand, it never really got off the ground.

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Frankly, the thing that amazes me most about this is that nobody has
raised a stink before.  Or at least, one stinky or pervasive enough that
I've read about.  Certainly nothing that 99% of the browser-using public
is remotely aware of.  Why does nobody seem to care; do the millions of
https-based secure web site operators in the world not have a collective
voice large enough?  I suppose it's easier just to fork over the cash?

Given that https has been around for I-don't-know-how-long, why is there
no Free solution to this problem?  Certainly there is no technical
limitation here, only politico-economic.

-ben

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