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[Jonathan Schwartz]

No one has ever questioned my diploma from Acme 24hour College and 
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Can always count on Steve for setting me straight. ;-)


J

At 7:31 PM +0000 12/13/10, Steve Winter wrote:
>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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