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On Tuesday 15 November 2005 14:54, Jarry wrote: |
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> Antoine wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > We are going to set up ssl on a webserver at work and I guess that means |
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> > we need a certificate... does anyone have any useful alternatives to |
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> > Verisign? Are they really worth the name? |
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> Well, If you really need official certificate from some CA, have a look |
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> in your web-browser, it has certificates for most known authorities |
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> already installed (thawte, verisign, geotrust, Entrust.net, Equifax, |
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> IPS Seguridad, just to name a few of them). |
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> IMHO, Verisignt and Thawte are the best known (but I don't say they |
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> are the best). |
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ha! verisign bought thawte a few years ago... |
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> You may try using self-signed certificate, or get one from cacert\ |
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> free of charge: |
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> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_cacert.org_SSL_certificates |
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> Jarry |
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