Which one is better?
I like to go for GeoTrust but difference on price is so big.

GeoTrust (QuickSSL): 139.00 / yr
Instant SSL (Instant SSL Certificates): 49.00 / yr

(both has no seal provided for such plan)

Maybe i am missing something here, can anyone help me?

Thank you very much,

BTW, when i first type-in Instant SSL (without space), it becomes *********, how come?

:cool:

That would be because their url is banned from here (I think for spamming).

Have checked RackShack's GeoTrust Quick SSLs at only $49? ;)

Also...

www.freessl.com

The chained cert for $25/year is the exact same cert that Instant SSL offers for $49.00 :D

Originally posted by The Prohacker
Also...

www.freessl.com

The chained cert for $25/year is the exact same cert that Instant SSL offers for $49.00 :D
It's $15 now! Don't believe the bull on the site regarding SSLv2 - hardly any browsers are around these days which don't support v3, and those which only support v2 won't trust the certificate anyway, so you won't really loose out. Very good value for money imo :)

Doh.. Sorry about that :D

We installed a GeoTrust Quick SSL ($49 from rackshack) lastnite, very easy and works fine.

Originally posted by UH-Matt
We installed a GeoTrust Quick SSL ($49 from rackshack) lastnite, very easy and works fine.

People says GeoTrust works with only 90%. You have any problem like that?

I've installed multiple Instant SSL certs from Comodo and have been very pleased. Their support is top notch -- they even bothered to call my office directly from the UK on their dime to make sure a small issue I had (my fault) was resolved.

Hi

How much combodo charge ?

thanks

We just got 3 years of Instant SSL from Comodo for $149. Our host is ValueWeb, and they're giving us crap about installing it now. For reasons that this whole thing stems from, we started looking at other hosting options. We called Remarkable about transferring our site there. The sales guy actually took the time to talk to his tech people, call back and mention that there are browser issues with Comodo certs. Could this be because they are so new that older versions of different browsers don't accept them? :confused:

What about these guys? : http://www.ebizid.com/compare.htm
They seem to indicate they have better compatibility than QuickSSL and prices start at $25.
Not that I've even seen/used them before, but thought I'd provide the info.

BCB:

WHAT browser issues? I've not encountered any. Have they checked Comodo's site and seen that they offer 99% browser ubiquity?

hostpath.com-

I'm not sure where they are coming from. Our's finally got installed, but there is some kind of problem. Can you do me a favor? Check out my homepage. Click on the Login button on the left and tell me if you get a security warning? Thanks.

BCB

It has been fixed. Woohoo!!!

I am supposed to be aranging for an ssl cert for a company who's website and estore i made. We were going to go for a standard thawte cert, should we switch to instant SSL then? Is the setup more simple?

All we did was have the CSR generated and then ordered it through Instant SSL's site. We placed to order on Saturday morning. I called their offices in Colorado Saturday morning with a question. Even though they were closed, someone happened to check the messages and returned our call that day. We received the cert via e-mail on Monday, so the request only took 1 working day to process. From Comodo's end, everything was great.

BCB:

My last Instant SSL cert was delivered in about 10 minutes.

Athiest:

Very easy to set up. I was a staunch Thawte man myself, but I'm so impressed with Instant SSL that I'm no longer renewing any Thawte cert's.

Originally posted by ghost
People says GeoTrust works with only 90%. You have any problem like that?
The GeoTrust cert doesn't work in any Opera versions I've tried. It doesn't work in older IEs too (I didn't check versions, unfortunately). It seemed to work fine in the latst Mozilla, but I haven't tried any other Netscape or Netscape-variant browser.

By "it doesn't work" I mean it isn't trusted. It'll still encrypt everything if you accept the warning the browser spits at you.

does somebody know an up2date comparisation of all these certificates?
Next week I want to setup my first certificate on my server so I'm looking for all informations regarding this.

Well I'm confused.

I would have guessed the difference in SSL certificates would be the level of security and the reputation of the company.

But it seems you guys are saying different companies work differently with the non-standard browsers?

So what would you think is the best cert based on Price and % of Internet users that can use it?

The only real difference with certificates, is weather or not the issuing certificate authority is 'trusted' by the Web-Browser.
If it is trusted then it will not pop-up the 'warning' box.
There are no real differences to certificates other than that.

If you issued your own certificates (free of charge) then you could have the same 'level of security' as you get when you buy a $500 cert - but with the $500 cert, you would not expect to see the 'browser warning box'. Technically, the visitor to your website would not be inclined to 'trust' your company if you issued your own certs, whereas if the certificate is issued by a 'trusted' authority, then the visitor will know that everything is 'legit'. However for the vast majority of uses, this issue of 'trust' simply boils down to the pop-up 'warning' box their browser either displays or not.

There are some technical differences with certificates, and there are other types of certificates, but in regard to SSL most of the 'arguments' boil down to which browsers trust the issuing certificate authority, and which don't.

Some certificate issuing authorities will also validate your company/application, which in turn should indicate to the person visiting your site that you can be trusted - and they will often give you a little 'image' to put on your website to prove this - but it seems that this issue is a secondary one now days.