[Ldsoss] SSL Certificates

[Charles Fry]

While not preloaded in all browsers, two free alternatives are:

   http://cert.startcom.org/
   http://www.cacert.org/

Charles

-----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Wise <wisekb at cox.net>
> Subject: [Ldsoss] SSL Certificates
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:04:21 -0700
> To: LDS Open Source Software <ldsoss at lists.ldsoss.org>
> Reply-To: LDS Open Source Software <ldsoss at lists.ldsoss.org>
> 
> 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.
> 
> Kevin Wise
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