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Free SSL Certificate Project

Posted by samzenpus on from the everyone-likes-free-stuff dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Do you have a website or run even a web server and want to secure the traffic between your visitors browser and the web site? Did you find out, that in order to make your site SSL aware, you'll need a SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate? Are you also surprised to find out that such a certificate can cost you up to a few hundred dollars, valid for one year only? For what, you might ask yourself? Linuxlookup.com is running a small article on free SSL certificates."

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  1. Maybe they should have written about... by turnstyle · · Score: 3, Funny

    hmm, it seems maybe they should have written about MySQL Connections... ;)

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    1. Re:Maybe they should have written about... by lakerdonald · · Score: 2, Funny

      "Secure" MySQL connections of course.

  2. Re:open source maybe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I saw this in a Hidden Valley Ranch commercial once!!!

    Plain salsa, Ranch Salsa!
    Dijon Dip, Ranch Dijon Dip!
    Cornflakes, Ranch Cornflakes!

    Using your method:
    SSL, OpenSSL
    SSH, OpenSSH
    Office, OpenOffice(dotorg)
    Source, OpenSource
    House, OpenHouse
    Opportunity, OpenOpportunity

    My favorite:
    Decitis, OpenDecitis

  3. Re:Well.... [OT] by bendelo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahhh yes, not the preferred method of rebooting =D

  4. Re:In theory maybe by tetranitrate · · Score: 2, Funny

    Much cheaper ones are available from people like GoDaddy.

    Thanks for the mental image.

  5. Re:Why shouldn't certification be free? by bigberk · · Score: 3, Funny
    Having an internet presence is critical to running a successful business venture...creation of a truly international digital economy necessitates the development... Especially in these days of questionable computer security and the impossibility of ascertaining...
    Dude, wash your mouth out with soap, the marketing speak is vile.
  6. Re:Well.... [OT] by jeffy210 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Reminds me of one time back in HS. We didn't like our CS teacher and for our final project in C every student put a call to INT 19 at the end of their code, so when she was through running and grading our program it'd reset her computer. I don't think she ever figured it out.

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  7. Re:The Meaning Of All This For Mere Mortals... by DarkRecluse · · Score: 2, Funny

    I don't know, but if I walk into a retail store and the salesperson expects me to complete "the secret handshake" I think I will either call the cops, or wait for the store's walls to fold up around me and be quickly loaded into a black van.

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