[NTLUG:Discuss] SSL and Patents

[asenec@senechalle.net]

A CSR signed by a recognized signing authority, such
as Verisign, also acts to show that you are who you say
you are.

Also, you question re www.$domain vs $domain.  You can have
a Cert issued for either; however, if you have it issued
for www.$domain and the access https://$domain, you will
get a message to the effect that the Cert was not issued
for the domain you are accessing, but rather for www.$domain.
If I remember correctly, you used to be able to have what would
amount to a Cert for wildcards--that is, for $domain and *.${domain}.
The wildcard Cert was not cheap.

Annette

> From madhat at unspecific.com Thu Apr  3 12:31:15 2003
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> 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
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