SSL Certs

[Vegito]

Where do you guys get your ssl cert ? Our is about to expire from http://www.comodogroup.com/... was wondering if theres cheaper one..

 

[EatSpam]

I get mine from GoDaddy... they have a few options for you. Their "Medium Assurance" cert is $50-$60 for two years.

 

[Vegito]

Thanks, thats a lot cheaper. half price from what i'm paying now.. thanks.

 

[RebateMonger]

You didn't say what your use of Certificates is. If they are for employees, you can, of course, just create your own. Employees will have to do a one-time install into their computer's Certificate store.

If this is for non-employees, you may want a commercial Certificate. If you only need secure communication to a web site, you can use the cheapest commerical Certs. If you intend to collect money with the site, you'll probably want the "verified" Cert, as mentioned above, which gives a stronger verification of your identity to your customers.

 

[Vegito]

SSL for mail server to encrypt webmail..

 

[mjia]

Originally posted by: Vegito
SSL for mail server to encrypt webmail..

Who wil be using the mail server?

 

[Vegito]

People in my company.. i have it setup now, i just want a cheaper cert since there isn't as many people using it. Just for https encryption

 

[netsysadmin]

What server setup are you running? You could always setup your own cert server. I have mine working great with Exchange. I can serve up OWA with SSL for free. Since you are only using the cert for internal employees there is no reason to buy one.

John

 

[Vegito]

I thought about using my own certs.. i guess i should try to save some cash than...

e2k3 + w2k3

 

[RebateMonger]

Well, we use our own Certificates for OWA clients. But the servers we manage are mostly SBS 2003, which automatically generate a Certificate for this purpose.

If you have to create a CA when you don't already have one, that costs time ($$$). And the few bucks you save on certficates could be lost with the cost of helpdesk calls from employees asking, "Why do I keep getting this security warning?"

 

[netsysadmin]

RebateMonger....I bet it takes me less time to setup a CA than it takes you to fill out and mail a rebate Setting up a CA server is easy to do. Oh and you can get rid of the security warnings easily with a little script on a webpage. If I remeber correctly the script is on the MS site somewhere.

John