where is everyone getting their ssl certificates from? Verisign is way over priced. Thawte has a good price for 40-56bit, but from what I am reading Equifaxsecure has 128bit for $25(us) less than the price of thawte's 40-56bit. What are the differences, is it just price? Does anyone know of any others...?

is there any free ssl certification available in the market ???

just wondering if any one knows.

You can create and sign your own SSL certificate...which costs nothing...
Equifax had the cheapest awhile back...but there are new ones now that I am sure are cheaper.


Sean R.
BurstNET

Sean...
Is that what you did with https://support.burst.net If it is, Everything just about goes wrong with that cert. Says it's not valid etc, issued to "support" by, "support".
"This CA Root certificate is not trusted because it is not in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store."

IF thats a cert that you created and signed yourself, it is not a good method for getting SSL.

Edit: If you go to https://support.burst.net it is issued to secure.burst.net. BUT if you go to a ticket which is under: https://support.burst.net:449 is where everything goes wrong.

is there any free ssl certification available in the market ???
Try http://www.freessl.com
Their certs are compatible with 70%+ of browsers. Typically, this means IE 5.01 and above.

As for Sean's suggestion, this is fine if you're not trying to sell something, as all of your visitors will get a warning saying the cert is not trusted, and they would have to manually install it.

I heard about them, but 70% compatability is kinda low. I don't have a problem with paying, I just would like to know my options. That is why I am a little leary of Equifaxsecure. Yes you get a 128bit ssl for $99 (I think) but they don't have the same level of compatibilty as thawte.

That is why I am a little leary of Equifaxsecure. Yes you get a 128bit ssl for $99 (I think) but they don't have the same level of compatibilty as thawte.
Here is the browser compatibility list for Equifax certs:
AOL Browser 3.0
AOL Browser 4.0
AOL Browser 5.0
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.02
(128-bit and majority of 40-bit)
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.x
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
Netscape Communicator 4.x
Netscape Navigator 3.x (needs root rollover)
Netscape Navigator 4.x
Opera 5

Just my opinion, but that sounds pretty good to me.
I heard about them, but 70% compatability is kinda low.
I wasn't recommending a free cert for you. That post was in response to neon202's question. :)

To be honest I kinda found their site a bit confusing. I emailed them once to find out particulars about their cert and not have heard anything till this day. Anyway I would say that is pretty darn compatiable.:)

I would have to say that freessl and Geotrust is a solid solution.

For 49$ you get the same quality as anything else....

Joe

FreeSSL isn't really the same, on their faq it says they are only compatiable with ie 5.01 and higher. Even though ie is currently the most popular browser not everyone uses 5.01+.

Hi all,

Some time ago I ran across this url that provides EquiFax certs for US $68.
equifaxsecure (https://www.equifaxsecure.com/s3/process.html)

On the FreeSSl/GeoTrust cert... why go with a cert that ties your hands and disallows a 30% user base?

Thanks ccreighton for the link, that is a great price? I didn't get a good chance to look at it, is that for the 128bit. And a final question, I saw on a post that someone was having problems with equifaxsecure certs on whm/cpanel. Anyone know if it is true, and if there is a resolution? Thanks again for the link...