SSL issues - selling on borrowed/rented security

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Hello all

I am starting to conduct a research on the following

There are vendors leasing out shopping carts and SSL to their customers
who want to do e-commerce and attract them by providing a bundle package
of templates, shopping cart and SSL.

I would be apprehensive, as other Internet Security aware people, to buy
from a site that does not have their own SSL. Simply because the
authenticity of the company is not proven. May be the shopping cart
people do some checks, but I know most of them don't. 

Moreover, Is this lawfully permissible? Maybe not the best thing to ask
otherwise so many people would not have been doing it. But is it right
to do so and is it not a security concern?

I have experienced sales go up with some sites because now they moved
from a rented shopping cart/SSL to their own. Is there any research that
has been done in the past on something like this?


I would appreciate all your views.
Regards
Aman


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Aman Raheja
AGF Technologies
http://www.agftech.com
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