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>Why can't the domain name registrar give me a SSL cert for free? http://www.startssl.com/ http://www.startssl.com/ will give you a free class one SSL cert tha
by JonnieCache 16y ago
>Why can't the domain name registrar give me a SSL cert for free?
http://www.startssl.com/ http://www.startssl.com/ will give you a free class one SSL cert that works in all major browsers. They will also sell you a class 2 cert with wildcard support for $49 a year. These can cost $800+ in other places IIRC.
They are trying valiantly to destroy the entrenched price structure of the SSL cert market and I wish them the best of luck.
- mooism2 16y agoTheir website says their certs work in all major browsers, but I can't find anywhere where it says which versions of those major browsers it works with. E.g. it works with Internet Explorer. Does that include IE6? They don't say.
- JonnieCache 16y agoThey're free, why not try it and find out? ;) But yes, as far as I remember, they do work on IE6. The root certs dont really change between browser versions I think, its more a matter of the the different vendors.
- yuhong 16y agoTo be more precise, IE uses the SSL libs built-in to Windows since 2000. As a result the list of trusted root CAs is built-in too. MS added StartCom to the list in 2009.