Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Grant Ridder
Yes the Verisign auth stuff is done by Symantic as of 2010. -Grant On Thursday, December 27, 2012, Christopher Morrow wrote: > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Blake Pfankuch > > > wrote: > > Our stuff is currently through Verisign because of the "reliability of > the name" and the nature of th

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Christopher Morrow
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Our stuff is currently through Verisign because of the "reliability of the > name" and the nature of the industry. verisign sold this business (like 2+ years ago?), maybe it's time to find someone else with a reliable name? (who hasn't sol

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Jimmy Hess
On 12/27/12, Blake Pfankuch wrote: It does make no sense, and I would say it is an unusual restriction, but a CA can put any certificate usage restriction they want in their policy, and technically, they have likely included a right to audit and issue out a revokation/CRL for any certificates

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Ken A
I've found rapidssl wildcards are generally the cheapest (~$120), and are not limited to a number of servers. In practice, neither are the other brands. Ken On 12/27/2012 1:47 PM, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Ok, so this might be a little off topic but I am trying to validate something > a vendor is t

RE: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Blake Pfankuch
Thanks everyone for the quick responses. Our stuff is currently through Verisign because of the "reliability of the name" and the nature of the industry. Any suggestions for who I should look at to replace them with? I know I will be saving money, but looking to keep the name reliability as w

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread William Herrin
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Vendor is telling me that the Wildcard certificates are licensed > per physical device it is installed on. If you stay at a $200 hotel, you pay an extra $10 for Internet access. If you stay at a $40 motel, Internet is included. Same differe

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Larry LaBas
I did and it was vendor dependent which is why I switched a year and a half ago. TTFN, Larry http://www.linkedin.com/in/llabas On Dec 27, 2012, at 11:47, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Ok, so this might be a little off topic but I am trying to validate something >

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Andrew Latham
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Ok, so this might be a little off topic but I am trying to validate something > a vendor is telling me and hoping some people here have expertise in this > area... > > I am working with a SSL certificate provider. I am trying to purchase

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread John Adams
Many vendors do this and I highly recommend someone like Digicert that won't play the per-machine licensing game with you. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 27, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Blake Pfankuch wrote: > Ok, so this might be a little off topic but I am trying to validate something > a vendor is tell

Re: SSL Certificates and ... Providers

2012-12-27 Thread Peter Kristolaitis
Yes, some SSL providers (mostly the overpriced ones) like to "license" their certs on a per-server basis. If you read the contract language, this is how it's written. However, this is strictly a contractual issue, not a technical one. It's just a way to squeeze more money out of people who