Re: [SAGE] Are cheap SSL certificates legitimate?

[Matthew Barr <mbarr@mbarr.net>]

On Jan 21, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Philip J. Hollenback wrote:

> On 01/21/07, Matthew Barr wrote:
>> The major problem with these types of certs are that they are the
>> exact same thing that's being done by CAcert.  I like CAcert.  I
>> just wish it would be added into the browsers.  If the same
>> verification method is happening, free is better than $20!
>
> Actually no - the certs from namecheap / rapidssl.com are already in
> all the browsers (at least all the ones I checked - IE, Firefox,
> Konqueror, and Safari).


I'm aware of that - I meant CACert's root certificate.  That *isn't*  
in the various browsers, and they do the same type of ownership  
check.  That's all I meant.  If one type of check is OK for one  
vendor, it should be OK for the other vendor.   In this case, i  
actually think that CAcert is on their way to being included in some  
browsers, but has to fulfill some other guidelines first...

Matthew