[FX.php List] [off] SSL Certs

[Steve Winter]

I'm not so sure your analogy is correct...

> Sort of like getting a college degree through mail order versus the the regular way.


since with SSL certificate you actually have a genuine bonafide certificate... perhaps an alternative might be;

> Sort of like getting a college degree at the local community college versus one from Harvard


They are both college degrees, but one will cary with it more prestige amongst some viewers...

Cheers
Steve

On 13 Dec 2010, at 19:06, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> I use RapidSSL also.  They are great.  It does take just a couple of minutes...and that is the core of the question.  Are the 5 minute certs viewed (by customers) as being as safe as the others that might take 2 weeks?
> 
> Sort of like getting a college degree through mail order versus the the regular way.
> 
> The answer for both ssl certs and college degrees is the same. It depends on who is looking at the certificate.
> 
> J
> 
> At 11:01 AM -0600 12/13/10, Bob Patin wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Whether there is a qualitative difference between Thawte and RapidSSL is something I can't address; I will say, however, that getting a cert from Thawte used to be a huge pain, and took two weeks; getting one from RapidSSL takes about 5 minutes.
>> 
> 
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