Re: SSL Certificate Comparisons

[Mike Wiseman <mike.wiseman () UTORONTO CA>]

Hi,

We've been distributing InstantSSL server certs from Comodo for over a year after switching from Verisign. As others 
have said, the Verisign price discouraged its use among lighter traffic website admins. Now, such sites tend to 
implement SSL which is now good practice to combat phishing. I don't know that I understand the price gap between 
Verisign and others - someone told me it's strictly a trust thing - organizations are willing to pay that premium for 
the Verisign name. 

We're also looking at encouraging and supporting the use of S/MIME certs for targeted user groups here - those who are 
conducting business with the external-facing world. I'd be interested to hear experience in this area.

Mike


Mike Wiseman
Manager - Computer Security Administration
Computing and Networking Services
University of Toronto

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