Judah,

Wasn't Thawte bought out by VeriSign?

Rey...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Judah McAuley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 1:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OT] Buying certificates


> I buy from Thawte. Why?  Verisign irritated the @#!&* out of me.  I found
> them arrogant, unresponsive, and overpriced.  Seems only fitting that they
> acquired Network Solutions.  Unfortunately, Verisign also acquired
> Thawte.  I wrote a letter to Thawte explaining my fears about their
quality
> going down if they were acquired by Verisign, and I got a very well
thought
> out response from Thawte's CEO less than a day later.  Very professional
> and considerate company in my opinion.
>
> The only issues I might see with Thawte are the fact they have less brand
> recognition in the US (although they are very big abroad), they are based
> in South Africa (they have a US office) and they like conducting support
> via web-based IRC.  I found there support to be quite good, and their
> prices are 1/3 of Verisign.  Good enough reasons for me.
>
> Judah
>
> At 11:29 AM 3/30/00 -0700, you wrote:
> >I'm looking into buying a certificate in the next 3-6 months, and am
> >looking for input.
> >
> >I know there are several certificate authorities. Who do *you* buy
> >certificates from? Why did you choose them? How are they to work with?
> >
> >Larry
> >
>
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