Why are some SSL certs so cheap? Any technical differences between them? Which SSL cert is really value for money?

For the most part, most of the certs are 128bit. So it all comes down to how many browsers will reconize the SSL cert as a Trusted Cert.
For example, the $19.99 chained SSL at Ev1 is 128bit, but only
Internet Explorer 5+
Netscape 7+
will show it as trusted, the rest of the browsers, Opera, etc will display an errorm or some other message.

who uses other web browser muahha :P
IE is just so reliable now :P
I haven't had a froze since a year ago

By the one , other cheap and good ones that allow entire server to use and dun need one IP per domain?

Originally posted by shraz
who uses other web browser muahha :P
IE is just so reliable now :P
I haven't had a froze since a year ago
Yeah, if you say so.:rolleyes:

Anyway, the server SSL certs', I'm not for sure how those work, so you might have to contact a company the sells those, like Versign.

We use the Geotrust SSL, from ev1. I've played with it on IE, Firefox, and Opera with no problems as of yet.

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Hi,

Pretty much all of the SSL certificates are the same.

What I consider important is browser recognition and good support backup if needed.
I use Comodo certificates which use the GTE Cybertrust root, and don't believe what sslreview says as that site is actually freessl.
The root is stable and Comodo have told me they have an agreement to use this until around 2013.

It doesn't matter which browser it is, simply look at the root store and see if the root certificate of the provider your looking at is in there, if it is then that root is supported by that browser, quite simple really.

Some certificates are cheap because the validation of ownership is slack (remember Versign issued a certificate for microsoft.com to someone who had no right to have it, slack validation) whereas the Comodo validation is a two step process and carries a warranty for mis-issuance.
Not sure on the other as I do not use them.

In my opinion, Comodo certificates are cheap yet trustworthy and stable, they also have a pretty good technical support team when I need them.

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