Re: Certificate vendors

["Tonkin, Derek K." <Derek_Tonkin () BAYLOR EDU>]

Kurt,

Not to be rude but I don't think you can expect this to be taken seriously if you


A)     Don't send it from a verifiable address (Hawaiiguy () gmail com<mailto:Hawaiiguy () gmail com>?!?)

B)      Don't at least provide some verifiable information in your signature like the school or company that you are 
"affliated with"

-------------Baylor University-------------
Derek Tonkin
Information Security Analyst
Information Technology Services - Security
derek_tonkin () baylor edu        254-710-7061
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From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Kurt 
Lewis
Sent: Friday, January 14, 2011 9:21 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Certificate vendors

We started using startSSL about two years ago (www.startssl.com<http://www.startssl.com/>) - get this, their regular 
128-bit SSL certs are FREE.  They have EV certs for about 1/3 the price of verisign, comodo, globalsign, etc.  - 
Service is top notch and their products are as good as any other.  I know, sounds too good to be true right? Please go 
have a look for yourself- I am no way affiliated with them, we were using Comodo before. Send them an email and ask 
some questions, I think you'll be impressed with their responses and level of knowledge. We're using their EV certs on 
our production-facing sites and their regular SSL certs for a ton of other things. I've seen absolutely no difference 
with their certs vs. anyone elses, other that we've saved a ton of money and recevied a better level of customer 
service.
-Kurt


On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Rob Tanner <rtanner () linfield edu<mailto:rtanner () linfield edu>> wrote:
We are currently using Thawte for all our certificates and Thawte is pretty pricey.  Comodo's pricing, by comparison, 
seems almost to good to be true.  Is anybody using Comodo for their SSL certificates and have you anything particularly 
positive to say or, and more to the point, any warnings or red flags?

Thanks,



Rob Tanner
UNIX Services Manager
Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon