Re: SSL Certificates

From: Bruno Wolff III (bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu)
Date: 12/17/01 

From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu>
Date: 17 Dec 2001 14:55:12 GMT

In article <LIhT7.9418$CB2.1774141610@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com>, gr8matt wrote:
> I am in the process of starting up a wireless ISP and am curious if it =
> is recommended to purchase an SSL Certificate from a CA. I don't plan =
> on supplying any e-business solutions immediately nor do I plan on =
> billing online right away. Are there other reasons for getting a =
> certified SSL Certificate? I do want to sell the "my site is secure" =
> idea to my customers but on the other hand, would rather not pay more =
> than I have to.
>
> Can anyone give me the pros or cons?

It depends on your customers. If getting warnings from their browser
about unknown certficates is going to scare them, then you will probably
have to pay some certificate authority who has paid Microsoft to be
listed by default in IE.

Giving money to Verisign should be avoided where possible.

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