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



> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Tom Metro
> 
> (Short expiration periods are considered better for security, and the
> high-end extended validation certs top out at 2-years. But if you are
> just securing the comment form on your personal blog, a $24/5-year cert
> will do the trick for the least cost.)

Any time I've seen multi-year certs so far, they just get you to pay in advance, and you still have to reissue the cert once a year.  Maybe it's not universal - just what I've seen so far.



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