RE: SSL Server IDs

["Glenn Pearl" <glennp () datasync com>]

Is Verisign the only option?  What are anyone's thoughts on Entrust or
Thawte certs?  Both of these seem to be as easily recognized by most
browsers, and cheaper than Verisign, too.

Glenn Pearl

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ty kirk [mailto:ca_ca_ca_cooler () msn com]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2003 7:48 AM
> To: xphox () xphox net; security-basics () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: SSL Server IDs
>
> How big is your company?  If it's small and most of the usage is
internal,
> then self-sign using a certificate authority and then trust the
certificate
> authority through their browsers.  But if you have many external
customers,
> then it'll increase their confidence in your sites if you use
Verisign,
> whether they are secure or not.  My 2 cents.
>
>
> > From: Nicholas Diotte <xphox () xphox net>
> > To: security-basics () securityfocus com
> > Subject: SSL Server IDs
> > Date: 18 Nov 2003 18:01:48 -0000
> >
> >
> >
> > Good afternoon list,
> >
> > I've been asked to find a way to enable SSL on all our products, the
> > problem is they are spread accross multiple servers, and devices.
> >
> > Based on my current knowledge, I would assume that it is okay for me
to
> > self sign, and generate my own certificates.  However the powers that
be,
> > do not want to have to confirm a message box each time they close
their
> > browser.
> >
> > So my question is the following:  What is the difference between
> > certificates?  You can pay $400.00 for a VeriSign SuperCert, you can
pay
> > $99.00 from DirectNic, and you can generate them yourself.  What are
the
> > advantages of going with VeriSign, vs. a smaller company.  And what
are the
> > disadvantages of generating your own.
> >
> > Also, 2nd questions:  Why not have a wildcard certificate?
*.domain.org.
> > And can you use the wildcard certificate on multiple devices.  So I
guess,
> > can you copy the same key on multiple servers?
> >
> > This environment contains multiple webservers, mostly IIS, but some
Apache.
> > Thanks,
> > Nick
>
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