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

[dsr at randomstring.org (Dan Ritter)]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 10:05:51PM -0500, Tom Metro wrote:
> Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> I wondered if that might be the case. I couldn't find anything
> definitive on the product selection screen. However, if you select a 3
> year or longer period, a warning comes up on the page saying the certs
> will have a maximum 39 months duration, and will need to be reissued (at
> no additional charge) to attain the remaining coverage purchased.
> 
> That implies that you can get at least 3 year expiration periods.

You can -- but interesting issues have developed in SSL
certs in the past, and I would expect to have to request
reissuance on technical grounds every 2 years or so anyway.


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