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I completely agree, but what of the trouble of getting certificates? I have a hard time figuring out who to trust - the cheaper providers seem scammy and the ex
by makmanalp 12y ago
I completely agree, but what of the trouble of getting certificates? I have a hard time figuring out who to trust - the cheaper providers seem scammy and the expensive ones seem to be charging a lot. Self signed certs issue a big fat warning that deters users.
- nmjohn 12y agoThe cheaper ones aren't scammy - quite frankly it is the expensive ones that are the scammy ones! I have used cheapssl.com (now ssls.com) for a number of years, probably a total of 20 sites, without a single issue. That being said, namecheap or gandi.net also both offer reasonable priced certs. Just so you are aware, if you think the $1,000,000 insurance policy offered with the more expensive providers is worth _anything_, be sure to read the fine print first. The only potential more expensive thing of value is buying an EV cert to get the green URL bar - not that it actually provides even a little bit more protection, it doesn't - but because users see them and have been conditioned to immediately associate it with trust.