Re: [SAGE] Are cheap SSL certificates legitimate?

[Jonathan Billings <billings@negate.org>]

Sandor W. Sklar wrote:
>> 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.

Of course, for public-facing sites, you'll want to consider paying for a 
certificate that is already in the client's web client.  Since you're 
requiring the end user to install a certificate chain, it really isn't 
much better than using your own SSL root certificate -- it'll require a 
minor hassle for the user.

The original poster's email indicated that it *was* for an internal site 
(and that's why I qualified it as such).  No point paying for something 
when the free alternative requires the same procedure.


-- 
Jonathan Billings <billings@negate.org>