Ditto I have been getting mine from opensrs fro 99 bucks but I think I will have to re-evaluate.....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:46 PM Subject: RE: SSL for $29 > I have been using the GeoTrust certs on several high traffic sites > (millions of hits a day) and have had no complaints, issues, or prompts > with them at all. > >From what I understand GeoTrust bought Equifax and is using them because > they are a top-level CA. They don't run through Thawte as far as I can > tell. > Dave > > David Livingston > Network Admin > 214-871-9117 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Freitag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:42 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: SSL for $29 > > The reason people still by Verisign is so they can have that verisign > logo > on their site, their customers recognize it, and trust it. > > Also The CA's are different on the cheaper certs, looks like GeoTrust > uses > Thawte as the root CA, and then it uses "Equifax Secure E-Business CA-2" > as > a second level CA. It is possible that the second CA will not be > recognized > by your browser, your clients might get a message saying that the cert's > source could not be verified. I don't know how many browsers recognize > that > CA, it looks like anyone who has updated their browser certs after 1999 > will > be ok, which is probably a very high percentage. > > does anyone using GeoTrust ever have customers report that they are > getting > such messages? (The SSL would still work fine, they would just get a > warning) > > _____________________________________________ > Pete Freitag > CTO, CFDEV.COM > http://www.cfdev.com/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 2:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: OT: SSL for $29 > > > Thought I'd pass this along: > > After learning of it on CF-Talk, I've been buying Geotrust certs from > http://rackshack.net for US$49. They just lowered the price to > ***US$29***. > > Since GeoTrust still retails for US$119 my margins just got thicker :D > > I don't know how Verisign and Thawte can survive this sort of price > competition without answering back with something other than words, > which is all they've done so far. > > --Matt Robertson-- > MSB Designs, Inc. > http://mysecretbase.com > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
