Hello Jennifer,
Tuesday, April 10, 2001, 10:32:18 PM, Jennifer wrote:
>> > 1) I just went to https://certs.tucows.com/ and my browser Netscape 4.7
>> > said that it did not recognize the authority that signed the certificate.
>> > Netscape 4.7 is still widely used. I thought that the Certs were going to
>> > be backwards compatible?
>>
>>This is probably a configuration issue on the server, the CA cert
>>chain has to be loaded and configured on that host's configuration for
>>it to avoid that error. (I'm guessing here based on experience with
>>Equifax's certs which work similarly)
> So this is not an issue of the Cert, but rather the way Tucows set it up on
> their server? Because I got a warning in IE5 too, but I noticed that both
> these are mentioned as supported in the browser chart.
I'm going to say yes, but qualify that by saying that I am basing that
on my experience with Equifax, which uses a similarly countersigned CA
cert, and will bow to Mr Green's answer on this, if he has a different
one than I :)
>> > 4) Can we now or we will be able to in the future get wild card Certs? So
>> > that I can use one Cert for any number of sub-domains?
>>
>>I looked on Entrust's own site, and don't see wildcard certs offered.
>>I don't think Verisign offers them either (well they do through Thawte
>>still, but I imagine that will go very soon since that was in place
>>before the acquisition).
> Hmm. I didn't realize that they weren't offered by Verisign either. My
> host uses one and gives me a sub-domain on their secure sever. Does that
> mean that they will lose that ability? I was hoping to be able to do
> wildcard certs to be able to offer my hosting clients the same set up.
Well, Equifax is offering them. So I think the option will still
exist. I am predicting Thawte getting rid of them only because of
comments made just after the acquisition by people at Thawte who
indicated that Verisign saw that as one thing that they would most
likely change, since it makes Verisign's own certs that much less
competitive.
> Another question about these certs. They are 128-bit right? But will they
> still work in a browser that only supports 40-bit strength?
It should, yes.
> Also, the agreement that I agreed to online for selling certs, is that
> available in a printable format somewhere?
Darryl?
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