On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 15:33:56 -0700, thus spake Adam Back
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: You'd have thought there would be plenty of scope for certs to be sold
: for a couple of $ / year. Eg. by one of the registrars bundling a
: cert with your domain registration. I mean if someone can provide DNS
:
Joel Sing wrote:
Hi Adam,
I believe they have, at least to a large degree. InstantSSL
(www.instantssl.com) sell 128-bit certificates for $49USD/annum.
Certainly far cheaper than the VeriSign or Thawte equivalent. This is
their 'base' level service which comes with a $50USD warranty, email
Ed Gerck [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
PRICING STRATEGY: CAs should keep their prices high and find ways to add
price to current products (eg, offering insurance, different certificate
classes, benefits for CRL access, etc.) -- because the potentially difficult
mid-term future of such business impose
Adam Back wrote:
You'd have thought there would be plenty of scope for certs to be sold
for a couple of $ / year.
Excuse me? Why are they being sold per year in the
first place?
It's not as if there are any root servers to run!
Outrageous!
:-)
iang
Yes, there is a good reason for CAs to charge so much for certs.
I hope this posting is able to set this clear once and for all.
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On Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 05:40:38PM -0700, Ed Gerck wrote:
Yes, there is a good reason for CAs to charge so much for certs.
I hope this posting is able to set this clear once and for all.
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There is no
Hi Adam,
That was my point and why I said I don't see any reason cert prices
with reasonable competition couldn't fall to a few dollars/year.
I believe they have, at least to a large degree. InstantSSL
(www.instantssl.com) sell 128-bit certificates for $49USD/annum. Certainly
far cheaper than
