Certificate Providers

James Firth ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:20:33 +0100


> Ian Batten wrote:
> > Has anyone had good or bad experiences with companies that sell =
cheap
> > certificates?  I'm about to pay =A340/year or something to get a =
simple
> > certificate for mail.batten.eu.org from COMODO (an EssentialSSL)
> > certificate and the 90 day trial has worked fine with every browser
> > I've tried (except one in a gym, not my usual, which turned out to
> > have its clock set to 2006 to match the decor).  Any other =
suggestions?
> >
> > ian
>=20

Will quickly add that it depends on which devices you want to access =
your
email before choosing a certificate. The RapidSSL AFAIK isn't widely
supported on mobile devices, the Geotrust "QuickSSL Premium" is better
supported.