[Discuss] ssl certs

[blu at nedharvey.com (Edward Ned Harvey)]

> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey.com at blu.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Adler
> 
> I got sucked into buying an ssl certificate from godaddy for $12.99 a
> month which it turns out is for the first one and then it goes to
> $70/year after that. What's the cheapest ssl certificate I can get?
> Besides a self signed one.

I don't know what you did there, but - 

As others have pointed out, you can get free certs from startssl.com.  This
is what I use most of the time.  But don't make a mistake.  You have to pay
for revokations.  Also, there are various limitations on the free certs -
they're not the strongest level (they're pretty weak), and they're only good
for a year, and only good for one machine, and ...  You can't renew early.
So you can't consolidate expiration dates if you manage a bunch.  And stuff
like that.

But aside from that, I think you're doing something wrong with godaddy too.
Because of the limitations of startssl (and the fact that not EVERY client
trusts startcom) Most trust startcom, but sometimes I find cell phones or
various other applications that don't accept them, etc...  Anyway, point is,
once in a while I'll have to go get something other than startcom, and then
I normally use godaddy.  I expect to pay something like $20 or $30 per year.
And it doesn't go up year after year.  Not significantly.  So if you care, I
suggest calling them and asking what you're doing wrong.  (Their phone
support is actually quite excellent.  Relatively speaking.)