Hello bill,
Monday, November 27, 2000, 9:35:07 AM, you wrote:
> Match the Thawte partner price on normal SSL certs *and* lower the price
> of the wildcard certs back to a reasonable level.
Why not try and compete with Equifaxsecure.com, who is currently the low cost
leader on SSL Certs? They ran for $49 for a long time, and recently
went up to $79. I see no reason for certs to be much more expensive
that the original $49 price to the end users. It's time to dispel the
myth that signed SSL Certs are or should be expensive.
>> 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.
Or go the route Equifax did, in having its CA Cert countersigned by
Thawte, and thus getting around the compatibility issue with older
browsers.
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Best regards,
William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
