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If you read their terms, and I have, you definitely can't use the free certs for shopping or banking sites. It's kind of vague as to whether you can use it for
by elchief 13y ago
If you read their terms, and I have, you definitely can't use the free certs for shopping or banking sites. It's kind of vague as to whether you can use it for a commercial site that doesn't involve shopping or banking though.
- cpncrunch 13y agoI did read their terms, which is why I posted that. Nowhere does it say that you can't use the free certificate for a company. In fact if you read their FAQ ("The certificate is for my company, what shall I do?") it says "even in case he/she decides to obtain certification as an employee or representative of an organization". So it is specifically saying that you can use it for a company website. Also it doesn't say in policy.pdf that you can't use it for banking. It just says you can't have a subdomain with the word "bank" or similar in it. So you could use the free certificate for an online bank, although it's probably not the best idea :) Please don't downvote me just because you didn't read the terms properly. My comment above was correct.
- xenophonf 13y ago@cpncrunch, you need to re-read section 3.1.2.1 of StartSSL's policy: Class 1 certificates are limited to client and server certificates, whereas the later is restricted in its usage for non-commercial purpose only. Subscribers MUST upgrade to Class 2 or higher level for any domain and site of commercial nature, when using high-profile brands and names or if involved in obtaining or relaying sensitive information such as health records, financial details, personal information etc. That said, if you're a business, you pay $60 to get verified for a year, and then you can create as many certificates as you want.
- cpncrunch 13y agoAh, yes, you're correct. I guess their FAQ just needs clarified a bit.