Re: [SAGE] Are cheap SSL certificates legitimate?

["Sandor W. Sklar" <ssklar@stanford.edu>]

On Jan 19, 2007, at 12:11 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote:

> Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
>> We've switched to certs from Comodo (www.instantssl.com), which  
>> are much less expensive then those from Verisign (I think they are  
>> $70 for a two year cert.)  The main problem has been that not all  
>> browsers "trust" these certs; you have to install on your server  
>> an certificate chain file that adds this trust level.  Not  
>> difficult, just another thing to deal with.
>
> If you're installing a certificate chain file to support a  
> certificate, and this is only for a internal site, there's no point  
> buying a $70 SSL cert when you can make your own for free.

they aren't for internal sites.