I am looking through all the certificate authorities that are
in firefox's list. Can someone give a brief explanation of
what to consider when choosing an authority to purchase ssl keys
from?
This FAQ[1] (and others) probably does a better job at explaining all
this but in general, the more well-known the authority, the more they
charge. It's a perception thing, in the eye of your customers.
So a lot hinges on your traffic. If you're amazon.com, getting a cert
from a second-teir, non-root authority probably won't make your
customers feel very safe. On the other hand, if you need a cert for a
dev or staging box, it probably makes sense to go with the cheapest
one
you can find.
[1] www.rapidssl.com/faq.html
All of which is good advice, and useful link BTW. Just like to add,
that if it were my dev/beta box I'd roll my own: http://www.apache-
ssl.org/
Watch that link though cuss I _think_ os x ships with mod_ssl rather
than apache-ssl
<OT>
I always use apache-ssl over mod_ssl, even if i have to recompile
apache; 2 reasons:
1) its faster/more efficient.
2) I once worked for the guy who wrote it (Ben Laurie) :)
3) While your on the case (re-compiling) you can add <plug>mod_perl &
mason*</plug>
</OT>
Thanks
Robin...
*But please lets not have the perl Vs PHP debate again :)
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