Go with Thawte. Owned by Verisign and cheaper...

On 7/21/09, Joe Heaton <jhea...@etp.ca.gov> wrote:
> I know about GoDaddy, and recommend it every time any of our 4 SSL certs
> come up for renewal.  But the manager wants to stay with the "industry
> standard" Verisign.  I'm the kind of guy that buys the Shasta colas, or
> the Sam's colas, because it's pretty much the same thing at half the
> price.
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> I have also looked at generating our own cert, which really makes sense
> for this purpose, as it's only internal users that will be accessing
> OWA.  What could they face from home, if I use a homemade cert?  Are
> there browser issues, with certain browsers not liking homemade certs?
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> Joe Heaton
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> Employment Training Panel
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> From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:david.mazzacc...@hudsonhhc.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:42 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: RE: OWA / SSL question
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> If your cert expires, users will have to either configure their browsers
> to allow them to go the site, or click through warning/error messages to
> get there.
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> I would believe depending on your mobile phone setup those users will
> have similar problems.
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> Have you looked into generating your own internal certificate?
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> CHEAP: I got 3 year SSL Cert for OWA from GoDaddy.com for $67.47
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> ________________________________
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> From: Joe Heaton [mailto:jhea...@etp.ca.gov]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 11:27 AM
> To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues
> Subject: OWA / SSL question
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> Guys,
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> Due to the budget issues here in California, my agency is down to the
> wire with renewing our SSL cert for Exchange.  I've already told my
> manager that we can easily go with one of the cheaper alternatives, and
> have the same security, but she's really wanting to stick with Verisign.
> Due to this, our SSL cert may end up expiring.  I've told her that the
> impact would be that I would have to turn off OWA.  In addition,
> wouldn't our phones be affected?  We're using Activesync on our Windows
> Mobile devices, and requiring the SSL connection.  Would we be able to
> make a secure SSL connection without the cert?  I'm thinking this is
> possibly a stupid question, but my brain is really fuzzy this morning.
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> Joe Heaton
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> AISA
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> Employment Training Panel
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> 1100 J Street, 4th Floor
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> Sacramento, CA  95814
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> jhea...@etp.ca.gov
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