----- Original Message ----- From: "Dustin Douglas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-isp@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:23 PM Subject: Which SSL Company? (Slightly OT)
> While this isn't exactly Debian related, it _is_ ISP related. > > We'll shortly be purchasing an SSL Cert for one of our clients who is > going to be launching an e-commerce site, but I'm at a loss as to > which company to buy the Cert from. I'd prefer to avoid Verisign out > of general principal, not to mention the fact that their prices are > pretty steep. Thawte is a consideration with MUCH cheaper prices, but > again Verisign is in the picture. Anyone have any other > suggestions? I have considered signing my own certs, but > don't think the client would appreciate the barrage of dialogs popped > forth from IE. > Hi, We used to buy them from Thawte, but switched to Tucows/OpenSRS. My experience is that Thawte works ok, but is slower in signing and renewing certificates than Tucows. Both parties are accepted as a valid CA by most browsers, so I doubt people would experience issues with them. Regards, Teun Vink