startcom.org - Free SSL certificate??

Patty · October 8th, 2008, 8:52 AM

Has anyone heard of these guys? Welcome to StartCom
They offer free SSL certificate. Any feedback on them?

**FredFredrickson** · October 8th, 2008, 8:05 PM

Free SSL certs are easy. I could make you one. The question is whether or not they're recognized by major browsers... That's usually the trick, their certs probably aren't recognized by firefox, opera, safari.. or that other one.. what's it called again? ..

oh yeah, internet explorer.

without that recognition, users get a warning. Following that link, it shows up as startSSL, which is not recognized by .. opera from what I can see. More research will return more info..

Patty · October 8th, 2008, 8:22 PM

Thank you for your input.

Yeah, I noticed that, IE and FF both show the alert window, it's not recognized by them.

I actually don't need a big deal certificate. I'm using the shared SSL on my Windows server with Hostdime just to provide a gateway for the Visanet components used by osCommerce stores hosted on Linux servers and it was working fine so far, but lately, due to a Plesk bug, the secure pages have been removed every time there's a Plesk update, which is breaking my gateway sometimes for hours!

So support advised to get my own SSL, but I really didn't want to pay for one right now (budget cuts due to financial issues - has anyone heard of it lately?? haha). That's why I'm looking for a free one.

**FredFredrickson** · October 9th, 2008, 12:29 PM

Godaddy sells them cheap. So does surpass. I think surpass sells them cheaper than godaddy, but I don't remember off hand.

Patty · October 9th, 2008, 3:12 PM

Yeah, Godaddy is cheaper, $14.95, I guess. eNom is $19.95.
Tks.

**panache** · October 19th, 2008, 11:17 PM

you will also need a dedicated ip address as well.. and I think thats like 4 bucks a month

October 8th, 2008, 8:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
Patty Registered User Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 542 posts Gave thanks: 87 Thanked 24 times	startcom.org - Free SSL certificate?? Has anyone heard of these guys? Welcome to StartCom They offer free SSL certificate. Any feedback on them? __________________ Patty Pass 57 \| Dime999 \| SH 110

October 8th, 2008, 8:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
FredFredrickson Senior Member Super #1 Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in New Hampshire 1,260 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 27 times	Free SSL certs are easy. I could make you one. The question is whether or not they're recognized by major browsers... That's usually the trick, their certs probably aren't recognized by firefox, opera, safari.. or that other one.. what's it called again? .. oh yeah, internet explorer. without that recognition, users get a warning. Following that link, it shows up as startSSL, which is not recognized by .. opera from what I can see. More research will return more info.. __________________

October 8th, 2008, 8:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
Patty Registered User Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 542 posts Gave thanks: 87 Thanked 24 times	Thank you for your input. Yeah, I noticed that, IE and FF both show the alert window, it's not recognized by them. I actually don't need a big deal certificate. I'm using the shared SSL on my Windows server with Hostdime just to provide a gateway for the Visanet components used by osCommerce stores hosted on Linux servers and it was working fine so far, but lately, due to a Plesk bug, the secure pages have been removed every time there's a Plesk update, which is breaking my gateway sometimes for hours! So support advised to get my own SSL, but I really didn't want to pay for one right now (budget cuts due to financial issues - has anyone heard of it lately?? haha). That's why I'm looking for a free one. __________________ Patty Pass 57 \| Dime999 \| SH 110

October 9th, 2008, 12:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
FredFredrickson Senior Member Super #1 Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in New Hampshire 1,260 posts Gave thanks: 3 Thanked 27 times	Godaddy sells them cheap. So does surpass. I think surpass sells them cheaper than godaddy, but I don't remember off hand. __________________

October 9th, 2008, 3:12 PM	#5 (permalink)
Patty Registered User Excelling Contributor Joined in Feb 2005 542 posts Gave thanks: 87 Thanked 24 times	Yeah, Godaddy is cheaper, $14.95, I guess. eNom is $19.95. Tks. __________________ Patty Pass 57 \| Dime999 \| SH 110

October 19th, 2008, 11:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
panache Surpass Fan Excelling Contributor Joined in Dec 2005 Lives in my computer Hosted on pass86'd 660 posts Gave thanks: 56 Thanked 14 times	you will also need a dedicated ip address as well.. and I think thats like 4 bucks a month __________________

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