[TriLUG] StartSSL (was Re: CAcert meeting -- how to prepare)

[Matt Pusateri]

You need to make sure that the certificate you get is a root  
certificate I believe, it's possible to a SSL certificate that needs  
what's called a "chaining certificate" in between.  I tried to find a  
good explanation of this but didn't find one(didn't look real hard  
either :) )  I just came across namecheap.com, and I believe they are  
giving you a free ssl cert if you transfer a domain to them.    
Otherwise it's an affordable $20 +-.  They piggy back off(resell) of  
Rapid SSL who uses Geotrust which is in most browsers.   So for ~$20  
you can have a Geotrust signed SSL certificate that is in most  
browsers, or so I'm told.  I haven't gone this route yet myself, I  
just found out about it yesterday

Matt P.
On Feb 8, 2009, at 10:50 AM, Lance A. Brown wrote:

> How is it I've not heard about StartSSL before?  I'd think people  
> would
> be all over this.
>
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