I don't really see the value of free certificates.  If they are free that means that 
the CA can't
be doing any identity checks.  So any schmoe can get a certificate with your name on 
it and claim
to be you.

--- Peter Ziobrzynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I searched far and wide and can't find a CA service in a reasonable 
> price. Verisign, Thawte, etc. all charge hundreds for one year PKI.
> There must be a way to get a recognized personal client SSL certificate 
> for free. Banks, ISPs should be interested in having their customers use 
> signed email. Does anybody know anything about it?
> 
> For now to use SSL signing I created my own CA, CSR, singed it and 
> loaded it into my browser/mailer (mozilla).
> -- 
> Peter Ziobrzynski, mailto:pzi@;pzi.net
> 
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