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Re:SSL And The Future Of Authenticity by kijin on Sunday April 21, 2013 @03:07AM (#5584153)
StartSSL is recognized by OS X 10.5 or later, and Windows 7 or later. Older OSes might not recognize it if the user has missed any updates.

I'm OK with showing IE6/7 users a polite suggestion to upgrade, but a certificate error looks unprofessional. In addition, Chrome on XP is also affected (if the user has missed the CA update) because Chrome doesn't carry its own list of trusted CAs.

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Re:SSL And The Future Of Authenticity by caf on Sunday April 21, 2013 @04:32AM (#5584311)
If someone's browsing the internet with unpatched XP then they've got bigger problems than some certificate warnings appearing.
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Re:SSL And The Future Of Authenticity by kijin on Monday April 22, 2013 @08:59AM (#5589049)
That's their problem, not yours. Remember, we're talking about Chrome here, not IE6/7.
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