Free SSL Certificate Project

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."

Comments

Maybe they should have written about...

[turnstyle]

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

Re:Why shouldn't certification be free?

[bigberk]

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.

Re:Well.... [OT]

[jeffy210]

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.