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Choosing an SSL CA?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who-signs-your-certs dept.

zentigger asks: "I am looking at renewing some SSL certificates and checking out the various vendors. I seems that just about every major CA has some reason for not using them. Verisign is just evil, Thawte is owned by Verisign, Geocerts has a bad habit of spamming, and Godaddy uses a stupid chained cert that doesn't work for some appliances we have (and they won't let me check out using Firefox). I realize that I could just use a self-signed certificate, but we have too many stupid users that get all confused and whiny when something pops up and asks them unexpected questions. So I put it to you, Slashdot: what CAs do you recommend and why?"

2 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. I use my IHP's SSL... by dubmun · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've never had any problems with their service on SSL: Personal Sites

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  2. Stupid Users? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, intelligence now is measured by one's knowledge about SSL? Give me a break. The submitter is just an egotistical, ignorant fuck wad. He's upset that his users ask questions when prompted with questions they don't understand. The sheer horror. Clearly the better solution is for them to mindlessly click away and hope for the best.

    Everyone learns somewhere and asking questions is the best way to learn. So, get off your high horse. Unless, perhaps, you haven't realized that you posted a question to slashdot that most people here would agree is rather worthless. If you're a real sysadmin, you already have a cert signer you use or you have friends that could make an actual recommendation.