CAcert.org is a community driven, Certificate Authority that issues
certificates to the public at large for free.
I don't mean to piss on the parade, but...
Remember that the CAs has to be "in" the browser for this to work
nicely. Otherwise you need to shoehorn in the CA to every browser.
Not what you're probably looking for, but may be acceptable if you're
looking to just secure your site(s) for use in your own organization.
Maybe.
Currently the list of browsers that CAcert.org supports is pitifully
low, and not going to help your OS X or Windows users. Unless they're
using Linux, they're still SOL. They're not even in Mozzilia yet.
From their FAQ:
"Thanks for your concerns - getting the CAcert root cert included
into Mozilla is indeed probably our largest challenge right now, but
one we are actively engaged in."
"We found when we first started down this road that the typical way a
vendor got included into a major browser's root store was simply by
paying whatever fees were demanded. In Microsoft's case with Internet
Explorer, they don't care really who's included or who is not, but
insist only that you pass a Webtrust audit and if so, you're
eligible for inclusion. Our problem is that the audit costs in the
neighborhood of $75,000 with a yearly +$10,000 fee. For CAcert, as a
non-profit organisation that is simply out of the question (at least
in the forseeable future)."
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-dhan
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