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Only class 1 certificates are free. This is a great service as it allows me to setup secure IMAP, SMTP, Jabber, etc. without having to pay a third party money
by sorbits 17y ago
Only class 1 certificates are free.
This is a great service as it allows me to setup secure IMAP, SMTP, Jabber, etc. without having to pay a third party money for this extra security, and without having to bother my users with installing my self-signed root certificate (StartSSL’s certificate is known to OS X and browsers except IE and Opera).
I don’t see how free class 1 certificates help scammers, phishers, and similar.
- Murkin 17y agoWhere did you see its not known by IE ? That is a deal killer..
- sorbits 17y agoIt seems they are now supported by IE judging from this page http://www.startssl.com/?app=40 http://www.startssl.com/?app=40 which show icons of all the major browsers incl. IE but excl. Opera, and this page http://www.startssl.com/?app=22 http://www.startssl.com/?app=22 which has the following text redacted (overstrike): Startcom’s certificate isn’t trusted by the Microsoft Internet Explorer. So I think that it is now supported by IE, question is, which version of IE and/or Windows. I can’t find any details about this on the StartSSL’s pages (there used to be a FAQ entry iirc with browsers supported which included version and OS).
- cmelbye 17y agoIt is known to more recent versions of IE, IE8 if I remember correctly? I'm using StartSSL on my service because my users are iPhone developers and you need a Mac for that.