From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Feb 6 9:12:33 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DF837B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:12:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from horkos.telenet-ops.be (horkos.telenet-ops.be [195.130.132.45]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 897B343FB1 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 09:12:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from philip@paeps.cx) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by horkos.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with SMTP id BF98A8527F; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:12:27 +0100 (CET) Received: from fortuna.home.paeps.cx (D5768746.kabel.telenet.be [213.118.135.70]) by horkos.telenet-ops.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D0C284E8F; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:12:25 +0100 (CET) Received: from juno.home.paeps.cx (juno.home.paeps.cx [10.0.0.2]) by fortuna.home.paeps.cx (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF44879; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:12:24 +0100 (CET) Received: by juno.home.paeps.cx (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4238711B7; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:12:23 +0100 (CET) Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:12:23 +0100 From: Philip Paeps To: Josef Karthauser Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Anyone where to get a signed SSL certificate cheap? Message-ID: <20030206171223.GB1404@juno.home.paeps.cx> Mail-Followup-To: Josef Karthauser , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20030205181724.GB87471@genius.tao.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20030205181724.GB87471@genius.tao.org.uk> X-Date-in-Rome: ante diem VIII Idius Februarias MMDCCLVI ab Urbe Condida X-PGP-Fingerprint: FA74 3C27 91A6 79D5 F6D3 FC53 BF4B D0E6 049D B879 X-Message-Flag: Get a proper mailclient! Mutt: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2003-02-05 18:17:24 (+0000), Josef Karthauser wrote: > I need to obtain a certificate to use on my openssl/apache web server, but > looking at Verisign and Thawte it appears that they're charging a lot of > money ($450) per year for one! Does anyone know where I can get one > cheaper? Last time I bought I'm sure that they were only $100/yr each. There are quite a few places willing to cell you certificates for $100 or less, but the problem is that those usually cause big red error-messages to pop up on the users' screen. I buy my certificates from GlobalSign , which sells them to me for ¤175/yr. Their root certificate is recognised by most browsers I've encountered. > p.s. yes, I know that I could self-sign, but this is for an ecommerce system > and I'd prefer our customer's customers not to have to ask themselves why > the certificate is in our name and not our customer's! :) You'd have the same problem with the <$100/yr certificates. Most browsers don't recognise them (bloody monopoly :-/) and pop up doomsday warnings... - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't CC me, I am philip@paeps.cx subscribed to the list. BOFH Excuse #199: the curls in your keyboard cord are losing electricity. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message