Oh, and the fact that they will most likely be included in the browsers as "trusted" before you or your company is. :-)
On 11/30/05, John C. Bland II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Knowledge. :-) > > On 11/30/05, Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm confused... What's the difference between getting the certificate > > from > > that site and generating one yourself? I've gotten a warning in IE as > > well, > > so if a browser is going to give users a warning, why not just generate > > your > > own? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 5:45 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Free SSL (was Re: Authorize.net request) > > > > > All, the bad cert warning is because CACert is not included as a > > > trusted certification authority by default in IE or Firefox > > certificate > > settings. > > > So yes, that warning will probably pop up for most people landing on a > > > site which uses their certs. Note that one of their primary goals is > > > "inclusion into mainstream browsers." No word of when they expect to > > hit > > that goal. > > > > > > Regarding the little lock in the corner...I think 90% of web surfers > > > have no idea about the difference between SSL and not SSL. But I use > > > SSL too on my sites that do credit card transactions, just for the 10% > > > > > of the users who do notice that little lock. > > > > > > -- Josh > > > > Regardless...it's my arse as the developer if I don't set it up right > > and a > > client gets hacked....in this case I could care less what the user knows > > or > > doesn't...I know better so I use certs ;-) > > > > Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. > > VP & Director of E-Commerce Development > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. > > phone: 250.480.0642 > > fax: 250.480.1264 > > cell: 250.920.8830 > > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > web: www.electricedgesystems.com > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:225781 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
