Cheap SSL certificates?

[NogginBoink]

Anyone know of an inexpensive place to get a SSL cert for my website issues by an authority that's part of Microsoft's default trusted root authorities?

Verisign wants $349 a year for a 40-bit cert.
Thawte wants $159 for a one year 128-bit cert, which is reasonable for a business, but I'm just playing with my personal web server.
Entrust is $149/yr

I know I can self-issue a cert with my own CA, but it'd be superneatokeen if I could get a cert from a trusted root CA.

<pipe dream> Are there any default-trusted-root-authority companies out there who give out SSL certs for private use for free? </pipe dream>

 

[NogginBoink]

Doh! Just found this: http://msdn.microsoft.com/libr.../html/rootcertprog.asp which will probably be the info I need.

 

[DeviousTrap]

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[WannaFly]

http://www.freessl.com/

 

[MrChad]

ChainedSSL

 

[NogginBoink]

you all rock! thanks!