| Posted by File1eu, 11-03-2010, 04:08 AM | | Just bought a new domain name and I got a free SSL certificate. I haven't tried it yet but I wonder why this one is free the first year (and 10 dollars next year) and other companies sell SSL certificates for 100-1000 dollar a year?
What do you get for all this money? Brand recognition, extended validation, subdomain support? Is that worth hundreds of dollars?
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| Posted by GGWH-James, 11-03-2010, 04:40 AM | | There are several different types of digital (SSL) certificates. Essentially, they all serve the same purpose; basically, securing data transfer. The primary difference between them is the level of vetting and whether or not they secure a single domain or multiple. Regardless of those facts though, all certificates in a given product-line provide the same level of encryption. All will activate the lock if from a trusted CA, but only particular ones will activate the green bar though.
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| Posted by File1eu, 11-03-2010, 09:45 AM | | GGWH-James: thanks for your explanation, all clear now.
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| Posted by Maxnet, 11-03-2010, 10:17 AM | | No.
We simply use the $10 certificates.
The average website visitor only notices your website has the lock icon or not, and does not know how to check, nor cares which supplier you got your SSL certificate from.
Some suppliers claim they are more secure because they do more vetting.
But if an attacker managed to trick ANY certificate authority -that is trusted by major browsers- into issuing him a certificate for a domain that is not his, and has a way to intercept network traffic, he can use it to impersonate the site.
It does not matter where YOU got your legitimate certificate from, or what amount of vetting YOU had to go through.
Extended validation (green bar) may change that eventually, but only if customers decide not to shop at sites that do not have it.
Last edited by Maxnet; 11-03-2010 at 10:21 AM.
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| Posted by SVZ-ROBBIE, 11-03-2010, 10:46 AM | | The price of the SSL Certificate usually changes things like;
- Having a green URL bar(usually the expensive SSL certificates)
The cheaper ones usually just have the padlock symbol however any SSL certificate usually makes the website seem much more safe/trustworthy.
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| Posted by woods01, 11-03-2010, 09:29 PM | | I think im correct when I say that in todays SSL market alot of companies have deals with SSL companies that permit discounted rates when the certificates are hosted on their own ip space. It's the only way I can see some of these "free certificates" working.
For example hosting company a offers free x ssl certificates (catch is it has to be hosted on their ip space).
Please correct me if im wrong.
The key difference usually is that you pay for a warranty. Companies that are charging high fees for no warranty aren't really offering you anything.
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