> with - but the fact that in effect one company is issuing 90% (or is it 95%,
> or even 99%?) of the server certs in the world. That's not just monopolistic,
> it's *dangerous*.
According to Thawte, prior to the buy-out, the combined market share was
about 99%.
> Scott, Charles, et al - you asked us recently, both here and in a survey if
> we would like to see value-added services introduced for RSP's. I don't agree
> with a lot - most in fact - of the suggestions, but this is something I back
> 100%. I'm making a commitment now - if Tucows can get a root certificate in
> the browsers and better Thawte on price - even by a small margin - I will
> start using Tucows as my CA as soon as it's technically feasible.
Match the Thawte partner price on normal SSL certs *and* lower the price
of the wildcard certs back to a reasonable level.
> That may sound like I'm hedging, but it's not an overnight thing - there's
> older browsers to think about too. But Tucows have the wherewithall to
> overcome that quickly - you advertise heavily already; getting users to
> upgrade their browsers would be easier for you that the freecerts project.
Basically that is the problem. They need to act fast to get the root
installed by default in NN6 and IE6, then provide simple installation
procedures to get the root in older browsers. The longer one waits, the
longer it will take to get a new SSL root accepted.
