Ask HN: Which SSL Cert to Buy?

Re:Ask HN: Which SSL Cert to Buy? by arete on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @10:41AM (#1318135)

I usually buy the RapidSSL cert from NameCheap, $10.95/y or less for longer periods. It's single root (unchained) and signed by a very well supported CA cert. The only downside is no subjAltName (which lets you do both www.foo.com and foo.com).

All you really need to know is what the root CA is, because some certs (even expensive ones like Thawte's EV) are signed by newer CAs that aren't present in older browsers, mobile devices, etc. Also extra "features" like > 1024 bit keys often cost more.

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Re:Ask HN: Which SSL Cert to Buy? by dpapathanasiou on Tuesday May 04, 2010 @10:50AM (#1318165)

Thanks, I'd never heard of NameCheap before.

I see that they resell GeoTrust at $47/year (which is a nice discount from the $250/year I'd been expecting to pay), but what's the difference between that and their own $9/year certs?

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Re:Ask HN: Which SSL Cert to Buy? by simonk on Wednesday May 05, 2010 @06:09PM (#1322757)

Basically brandname, which logo you get to put on your site.

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