Comment Re:Ummm, security reasons? (Score 1) 269
>Technically, as we know, you can sign your own certificates for free. Only problem is those who
>visit your site will get all those wonderful warnings and popups, etc.
What? "Snakeoil Inc" doesn't inspire you with buyers confidence? Right. Me neither.
As a business owner with a commerce site, I can tell you that even if a free SSL CA comes into existence, I would still rather pay for my Verisign cert, and _know_ that my customers will not have even an inkling of a doubt when they sign in to my site to make a purchase.
Browser compatibility is a major dev issue for web apps. Add an untested CA into the mix and web app testing time/budget just got longer and more expensive. Not to mention,a business owner would have to be nuts to risk losing even 1% of her customers who cannot establish an SSL connection because their browser does not support the new CA.
What? "Snakeoil Inc" doesn't inspire you with buyers confidence? Right. Me neither.
As a business owner with a commerce site, I can tell you that even if a free SSL CA comes into existence, I would still rather pay for my Verisign cert, and _know_ that my customers will not have even an inkling of a doubt when they sign in to my site to make a purchase.
Browser compatibility is a major dev issue for web apps. Add an untested CA into the mix and web app testing time/budget just got longer and more expensive. Not to mention,a business owner would have to be nuts to risk losing even 1% of her customers who cannot establish an SSL connection because their browser does not support the new CA.
