<cf_pedantic> The purpose of SSL is to encrypt the information being sent. The purpose of an SSL cert is to say that it's trustworthy. </cf_pedantic>
A self-signed cert for commercial use is like a guy in an alley selling watches from under his trenchcoat and saying "trust me, it's legit". A cert from an outside agency is like setting up an actual watch store with a seller's permit. Both could be legit, but one is more trustworthy to people who don't know you. A self-signed cert for intranet use is just trusting yourself. -Kevin On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:23:59 -0500, Adkins, Randy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is the true purposes behind a SSL? Just to give someone > A warm fuzzy feeling that they are behind a true SSL site? > > Other than that, maybe the guarantee the provider offers? > > I have a Shared SSL Certificate setup but goes through a > Site like: > > https://www.hostingdomain.com/mysite = points to a secure directory on > My hosting provider server. That certificate is free of charge. > > However if I wanted to have it as: > https://secure.mysite.com then I have to have my own SSL Cert > And dedicated IP. Dedicated IP is about $5 more a month which > Is nothing really. So top that with buying and renewing a SSL Cert > Every year to achieve that. > > Just wondering if there would truly be any difference? > Personally I think people would like to see the second option > Rather than the first one. > > What are your thoughts before I rush out and buy one. > Do you look for those seals such as GeoTrust? Verisign? Would > You be compelled to retreat if you seen the seal was from > FreeSSL.com (thanks Erika). > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:57 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: SSL Certs > > One cert should cost you around $500-100 - you can use a cert across > many servers which share domains as well. So you do not have to get a > separate cert for each server. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 January 2005 15:54 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: SSL Certs > > I'm not sure of what qualifications you need to be certified as a CA, > but I'm sure that they're probably pretty stringent. My situation works > well for me because I'm distributing client certificates also which > contain all of the information about the CA, my company, which will > automatically install into the clients approved CA list. > > The first time we secured our web app with digital certificates, it > ended up costing the company around $10K for the server and client certs > from verisign. You should have seen how well I was treated when I > figured out we could do all of this ourselves essentially free... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:38 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: SSL Certs > > > > What guidelines makes it certified? That it is for a business Or > > something? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:31 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: SSL Certs > > > > You can roll your own like marlon suggests but they will not be > > 'certified' > > unless you are listed as a CA. > > > > N > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marlon Moyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 24 January 2005 15:31 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: SSL Certs > > > > I roll my own with Windows Certificate server. I'm kinda grumpy to > > work with every once in a while, but I'm real cheap. :) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Adkins, Randy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:25 AM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: SSL Certs > > > > > > I know that Verisign and GeoTrust offers SSL Certificates. > > > > > > I also know there are many more out there but wonder what > > experiences > > > any one else has with various providers? > > > > > > Cost, Support, etc.... > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:144037 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
