[Ldsoss] SSL Certificates

[Richard K Miller]

On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:04 AM, Kevin Wise wrote:

> Does anybody know of an inexpensive (free would be good)  
> alternative for SSL server certificates?  I know how to self-sign,  
> but that requires my certificate authority certificate be installed  
> as a trusted root CA in every browser that visits my site.  The  
> process of installing a trusted root certificate isn't easy, and  
> although I could probably create an installer for the certificate  
> on Windows, I'm hesitant to do that until I've explored  
> alternatives.  I'm hoping someone out there knows of a way to get a  
> certificate signed by an authority that is already trusted by most  
> browsers, without having to pay Verisign or Thawte several hundred  
> dollars a year.  Some kind of non-profit exemption might do the  
> trick, or perhaps someone who has set up free infrastructure to do  
> the job.  The solution to this particular problem need not be open  
> source, so if anyone knows of a better source for this info, please  
> let me know.

I don't know of any "open source" options, but the best deals seem to  
be available when you search for "ssl certificates" (or something  
similar) and click on the Google ads.  Thawte runs a $99/year deal  
but I think it's only available if you click through the Google ad.   
At the time, GoDaddy is also advertising a "Turbo SSL" cert for  
$19.99/year.