They get a warning message from the browser about the self signing, which in theory scares most people away from giving you credit card info. You could get around the warning by configuring their browser to always accept your certificates, but that only works on your employees etc, not on people coming to your site for the first time...
Terry Fielder Network Engineer Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Karl Zarudny > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 5:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [CFTALKTor] A little off topic - Thawte or Verisign > > > Huh?! You can make your own certificates? One doesn't really > need to use a > thawte or verisign cert? So what's to stop someone from using > a home made > cert? > > > From: "Blake Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:49:19 -0500 > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] A little off topic - Thawte or Verisign > > > > Yeah, I mean the site is still secure. thawte or verisign - > its still ssl > > > > heck, for all my internal stuff all my certs are self > signed anyways. Just > > the one certificate that I use for the outside world was > signed by someone - > > and it was the cheapest I could find. > > > > Blake > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: February 13, 2002 4:40 PM > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] A little off topic - Thawte or Verisign > >> > >> > >> Agreed, and most users don't know the difference, with 99% of the > >> difference > >> being purely marketing hype, who cares anyway. > >> > >> Terry Fielder > >> Network Engineer > >> Great Gulf Homes / Ashton Woods Homes > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >>> Behalf Of Blake Crosby > >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 4:03 PM > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] A little off topic - Thawte or Verisign > >>> > >>> > >>> You also get to use a thawte seal as well. > >>> > >>> Blake > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > >>>> Behalf Of John L. Waddell > >>>> Sent: February 13, 2002 4:00 PM > >>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>> Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] A little off topic - Thawte or Verisign > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> We use both Verisign and Thawte certificates on our site > >>> with IIS and they > >>>> work, Verisign does give you their seal to use, for what > >>> thats worth, and > >>>> Verisign from CIBC can be a cheaper if you manage a lot (10+ > >>>> certificates) I > >>>> hate having to worry about expiration. you get to generate, > >>> revoke and > >>>> manage your own sites - lose your certificate, lose your > >>>> website's ecommerce > >>>> capability. If you are migrating servers or adding > >>> specific machines > >>>> Verisign should be considered. We think that Credit card > >>>> security is still > >>>> the #1 obstacle to ecommerce, so the warm fuzzy feeling the > >>> verisign seal > >>>> gives our customers is worth the extra few bucks > >>>> > >>>> Regards all. > >>>> John > >>>> > >>> > >>> - > >>> You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > >>> This message has been posted by: "Blake Crosby" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ >>> Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>> http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ >>> This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. >>> (http://www.infopreneur.net) >>> >> >> - >> You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. >> This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ >> Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) > > > - > You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. > This message has been posted by: "Blake Crosby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ > This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. > (http://www.infopreneur.net) - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: Karl Zarudny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net) - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net)
