[thelist] purchasing a SLL certificate

Nan Harbison nan at nanharbison.com
Fri Nov 9 12:20:35 CST 2007


Thanks Anthony and Tim.

This is just the information that I needed.

Nan 

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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Baratta
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The costs are all about "validation" of the SSL Certificate Owner.

With Thawte / Verisign, they run back ground checks on the company and
verify they are who they say they are. That type of investigation is labor
intensive and costs real $$.

GeoTrust uses a automated phone call system for owner verification and that
costs money, but much less than Verisign.

Not sure what GoDaddy uses, but at $20 it can't be much of anything.

That being said most people only care about the SSL "lock" in the browser.
They don't care what you spent on the SSL cert.

-----Original message-----
From: "Nan Harbison" nan at nanharbison.com
Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:00:52 -0800
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] purchasing a SLL certificate

> Hi all,
>  
> Can someone please explain in easy to understand language why SSL 
> certificates come in a several varieties, with different prices, some 
> prices being in the hundreds of dollars, and some are cheap - godaddy 
> sells one for $20.
>  
> When I ask tech support, they say it has to do with the validation, 
> but doesn't that mean that it proves who we the company accepting 
> credit card payment for services? When I purchase an item online, I 
> always check for the lock in the lower right corner of the window, but 
> knowing whether the company was "validated' and paid much more money 
> for their certificate seems totally invisible. Maybe I am not
understanding this at all?
>  
> TIA
>  
> nan
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