[Discuss] Who sells the least expensive SSL certs right now?

Bill Horne bill at horne.net
Thu Dec 18 14:17:14 EST 2014


On 12/18/2014 2:12 PM, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On 12/17/2014 11:01 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
>> I've been taked with obtaining some SSL certs for use on two Mac Minis
>> running OS X Yosemite. Nothing fancy: I'm looking for the lowest cost
>> available.
>
> Self-signed? Doesn't get any lower cost, in terms of dollars up front, 
> than that.
>
> namecheap is a reseller for Comodo, GeoTrust and Thawte. They're 
> probably your best option for deeply discounted but still pay-for 
> certs tied to big CAs.
>

We have self-signed certs in place now, but they're only usable for 
testing: the browser vendors have made it so hard to accept them that we 
gave up trying to teach people how.

In theory, we could put "our" root certificate in everyone's browser, 
but that's so much effort that it's not practical.

Bill

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