Hi,
I appreciate everyone's answers on certificates. We are new to this, in terms
of reselling, although I've been involved in Internet security at different
levels for some years now.
My questions are mainly about CUSTOMER reactions, and perception. If you visit
Thawte, Entrust and now certs.tucows.com, the first two don't make it clear as
Darryl's message.
Just this morning a sales rep from an Entrust partner which I won't name
almost convinced me that Thawte's SSL certs @U$125 were *only* 40 bit! Imagine
explaining this to someone that is new to the Internet as a whole (yes, lots
of companies still are).
Bottom line I think to make Tucows an option for RSPs this should be clear. I
even had a situation where a customer checked a certificate on the WWW (not
his), it was Equifax's . And guess what, he only sees a tree with Equifax CA
under Thawte's.
And to those saying Entrust and Equifax are not Thawte vendors, please visit:
http://www.thawte.com/certs/chained/vendors.html
With the prices they get:
http://www.thawte.com/certs/chained/pricing.html
... it's easy to see how the can build a business around it (and I celebrate
that), however I was under the impression that this meant all certs came from
1 place.
Cheers,
Fabian Rodriguez - Associate Dir., Outsourcing and Business development
Toxik Technologies Inc. - www.Toxik.com - (514)528-6945 x1
"Stop worrying about your Internet services.
It has never been easier."
