Re: Certificates

[Jack Suess <jack () UMBC EDU>]

For those interested, on Tuesday Sept 14, there will be a 1 hour webinar on the InCommon Certificate Service. Staff 
from UC-Berkeley will discuss their recent implementaiton.

https://spaces.internet2.edu/display/InCCollaborate/2010/09/01/September+14+Online+Forum+Focuses+on+Cert+Service

One thing to think about with InCommon, the price point is very reasonable and will also include personal certificates.

jack suess

On Sep 9, 2010, at 5:31 PM, Alex Keller wrote:

> hi John,
>
> if your institution is a member of Incommon, i would recommend you look there first:
> http://www.incommonfederation.org/cert/
>
> if that is not an option, i would recommend InstantSSL which is run by Comodo:
> http://www.instantssl.com/
>
> InstantSSL certs run $70-150 each depending on how many years you sign up for. these do require an intermediary cert 
> be installed ON YOUR SERVER, but the cert itself will be accepted by all major browsers without hassle.
>
> GoDaddy is even cheaper, we use them for .com/.net domain registrations (and they are fine) but we don't use them for 
> SSL certs, so i can't speak to that side of their business. as a side note we setup a Drupal hosted site with GoDaddy 
> for a few months and found their uptime to be very poor...the final straw was a botched DNS update that had our 
> education customers being sent to a foreign gambling site. nice :)
>
> best,
> alex
>
>
> On 9/9/2010 2:13 PM, John Kaftan wrote:
> > I need to buy some certificates.  I haven't had to buy any in years and wonder if anyone has found a low cost hassle 
> > free solution.
> >
> > I want zero hassle with browsers not accepting certs.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> > John Kaftan 
> > Infrastructure Manager
> > Utica College 
> > 315.792.3102
> >
> >   
>
> -- 
> Alex Keller
> Systems Administrator
> Academic Technology, San Francisco State University
> Office: Burk Hall 153 Phone: (415)338-6117 Email: alkeller () sfsu edu
>
>

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