[158904] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Gmail and SSL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Black)
Fri Dec 14 16:46:16 2012
From: Matthew Black <Matthew.Black@csulb.edu>
To: 'Peter Kristolaitis' <alter3d@alter3d.ca>, "nanog@nanog.org"
<nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 21:45:58 +0000
In-Reply-To: <50CB4B43.10803@alter3d.ca>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
A major problem with free or low-cost certificates is that their intermedia=
te CA certificate does not always point back to a root certificate in clien=
t machines and/or software.
matthew black
california state university, long beach
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Kristolaitis [mailto:alter3d@alter3d.ca]=20
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 7:53 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Gmail and SSL
On 12/14/2012 10:47 AM, Randy wrote:
> I don't have hundreds of dollars to get my ssl certificates signed
You can get single-host certificates issued for free from StartSSL, or=20
for very cheaply (under $10) from low-cost providers like CheapSSL.com. =20
I've never had a problem having my StartSSL certs verified by anyone.
- Pete
