Entry 28992 (Berkeley CSUA MOTD)

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2024/11/27 [General] UID:1000 Activity:popular

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2003/7/10-11 [Computer/SW/Security, Computer/SW/WWW/Server] UID:28992 Activity:nil

7/9     So, what are the cheapest "trusted" SSL certs out there?
        \_ Get a standard Windows install, open MMC, look in the certificates
           snap-in for trusted root certificates, go through those.  Or failing
           that, in the 'security' settings of any browser under whatever
           incarnation of a 'certificate authorities' listing you have.
           (Thawte no longer exists.)  What do you need a trusted root CA
           chain for?  You can very often get away with issuing your own.
                                                                -John
        \_ http://instantssl.com, price starting at $50
           http://geotrust.com, price starting at $150
           Never used either of them, so YMMV.

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