[NTLUG:Discuss] SSL and Patents

[MadHat]

On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 12:02, m m wrote:
> If we can issue an certificate by ourself (be a/as CA)
> and no any patents violation, why should we pay ($139.00/yr) for it?
> 

You should buy a cert if you are trying to make one of your customers
feel good.  For personal use there is no reason to buy a cert.

All buying will do is keep the "Signed by an unknown CA" message from
popping up when you go to the site or use the SSLified service.  The SSL
still works either way.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_