Re: SSL scaling

["Hubert, Wesley R" <whubert () KU EDU>]

DigiCert is offering our school a fixed-price managed PKI service with
unlimited SSL and individual client certificates. We're still in process
reviewing this, but the company has been a joy to work with in the past.
They're also ranked 5 stars (on a 5-point scale) at SSL Shopper (
http://www.sslshopper.com/certificate-authority-reviews.html ). --Wes

-- Wes Hubert <whubert () ku edu>
Information Security Analyst, Information Technology
University of Kansas, Lawrence KS 66045



On 6/15/11 10:47 AM, "Michael A. Smith" <msmith64 () ZIMBRA NAZ EDU> wrote:

> We currently use a vended managed PKI portal that allows us to issue SSL
> certs to internal customers when they roll out a website, but its costs
> increase almost linearly with the size of our web portfolio. With the way
> the web is moving, I don't think this linear growth is sustainable. What
> solutions are in place and recommended among small to medium institutions
> for managing SSL certificates? Is a wild card cert the only way to manage
> this growth?
>
> I confess when I first moved to Higher Ed I was surprised to find that
> Educause itself doesn't operate in the CA space. After it has vetted an
> institution for a .edu domain, the process for validating that
> institution's identity is already shortcut, is it not?
>
> (I apologize if this is a FAQ. I've been unable to access the
> listserve.educause.edu site to research the archives for some reason.)
>
> Best wishes,
> Michael A. Smith
> Web & Digital / Academic Technologies Manager
> Nazareth College