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Posted by Member (Sam299) on Nov-22-04 at 7:07am - IP Logged
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Secure the entire site (all pages)?

Which company do you use?

I was looking at GeoTrust, FreeSSL and Thawte.

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Sam

Posted by Member (James) on Nov-22-04 at 7:08am - IP Logged
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If you can afford it, Thawte is good. But end of the day, the technology is similar. You just have to consider the following:

1. Browser support. How many browsers come with the CA cert already installed. This means as little a proportion of people will get a warning even when you have a SSL cert.

2. To a very limited extent, brandname. End of the day, the encyption technology is largely the same. It boils down to when someone views that lock icon, whether they would recognise the certificate authority. Realistically, most people don't check.

3. Taking the above in consideration, what's the cost? For example Thawte may support 0.2% more browsers, but cost 3 times the price . Personally I wouldn't consider it as a worthwhile cost.


Of the 3 you listed, I would go with Geotrust or Thawte (if I have too much money).


Posted by Member (Technics) on Nov-22-04 at 7:09am - IP Logged
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The main thing you need to know is that all certificates are the same technologically - the only differences are the name on it, and whether the root is in your browser's list of root certificates.

Assuming the latter, (which I think they all are, unless you go for some fly-by-night place), then you're looking at the other value-added features to make a choice.

eg. FreeSSL is just as good as Thawte, but it's 'secured by FreeSSL' button is a bit pants Comodo does the same, but its 'verified by' logos look great. If you put one of their seals on your web site you're making an impression on a customer that the site really appears secure, in a way that just having a little padlock doesn't.

My preferece then is FreeSSL for just securing a site, and TrustSSL (http://www.trustssl.co.uk/) for a fancy site seal.


If you want more info: http://www.whichssl.com/

Posted by Member (Richard) on Nov-22-04 at 7:10am - IP Logged
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try geotrust
it is cheap and it is supported by many browsers now
We are using them


Posted by Member (birwin) on Feb-03-05 at 2:58pm - IP Logged
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Whichssl is a Comodo-sponsored web site. It has good data, however. For a non-biased site, try http://www.sslassistant.com. There is a wizard there that asks a few questions and displays certificates that best meet your needs.

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