On Wed, 26 Mar 2014 14:32:49 +1100, Dmitry Smirnov <only...@debian.org> wrote: >On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 15:29:12 Marc Haber wrote: >> <only...@debian.org> wrote: >> >I just want to note that Startcom is no match to cacert.org in regards to >> >free SSL certificates. Some years ago I got free certificate from Startcom >> >but a year later Startcom refused to renew it for free. >> >> They renew their certificates only in the last (two?) weeks of the >> lifetime. You cannot renew them ad your convenience, you have to do it >> at theirs. > >It had nothing to do with timing. I got usual email notice "renew your >certificate before it expire", submitted renewal request and got "Certificate >Declined" response. When I asked why they explained that "Class 1 certificates >are not meant to be used for e-commerce" despite that it was not a problem >when they issued original certificate one year prior to that. They refused to >renew certificate in January 2011 so my guess is that they've changed their >policy some time in 2010...
My last renew of a startcom certificate was in February 2014. I guess you were victim of misunderstanding, or they indeed check what kind of service a certificate is used for and decide whether to continue to offer the certificate for this particular service for free or not. Greetings Marc -- -------------------------------------- !! No courtesy copies, please !! ----- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | Beginning of Wisdom " | http://www.zugschlus.de/ Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 621 72739834 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/e1wtnpj-00036g...@swivel.zugschlus.de
