That sucks, At one time there was either big talk about putting them in or they were actually added, but either way they aren't in the browser. I use CAcert for convenience when needing certs, but since you can't really use them for customer facing apps you might as well just generate the cert yourself.
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 7:37 AM, Dante Lanznaster <[email protected]> wrote: > it's not present either in firefox or IE. > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 4:26 AM, Peter Manis <[email protected]> wrote: > > CAcert is in Firefox, but unless Microsoft did a big update they aren't > > going to be in IE, which still means you need to pay for a cert if it is > a > > customer facing site. Last couple times I tried to login to my CAcert > > account I was presented with an invalid cert notice so I don't even know > if > > it is valid in Firefox anymore. There used to be benefits to paying for > > Verisign, like browser compatibility, but now the main one is just the > trust > > circle. Verisign does more than most companies to verify the identity > and > > background of the company/individual requesting the cert, unless other > > companies are stepping it up. I would probably pay the extra to be in > the > > circle if I was a profitable business. > > > > On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 5:28 AM, Roger E. Rustad, Jr. > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Dante Lanznaster wrote: > >> > Please note that there are quite a few CA's out there that issue "free > >> > certs" but these are free as in beer, and what they provide is a > >> > 1-month eval certificate. Of course you can just renew it, but it's a > >> > PITA procedure to do every month. > >> > >> Why not just get a certified RHCE from India to do that for $3/hr? > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LinuxUsers mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > > > > -- > > Peter Manis > > (678) 269-7979 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LinuxUsers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- Peter Manis (678) 269-7979
