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Thanks for the terrific insight. Had no idea that it was like running Fort Knox. With that sort of investment, no wonder the pressure to amortise capital cost

Thanks for the terrific insight. Had no idea that it was like running Fort Knox. With that sort of investment, no wonder the pressure to amortise capital costs pushes the prices up.

pharaohgeek 13y ago
Well, you also have to remember that the marginal costs of issuing a cert are next to nothing. Once you've spent your money getting everything built out and certified, issuing a single certificate is almost pure profit! That's especially true for run-of-the-mill SSL certificates. Obviously, if you're an enterprise and you want a full, hosted PKI solution there are additional costs and work involved. But, for the commercial certs you buy one at a time from Verisign, et al, the marginal cost is very low.