Hello bill,
Friday, August 03, 2001, 2:46:49 PM, bill@daze.net wrote:
> You can only get wildcard certs from Thawte. No other CA currently offers
> them. And as you stated, Verisign doesn't like wildcard certs--they cut
> into their profit margin. The whole reason Verisign purchased Thawte was
> to get rid of a competitor that was quickly eating away at their market
> share. In fact, I'm surprised they haven't completely shut down Thawte by
> now.
> We just renewed our wildcard cert two weeks ago and had no problems in
> doing so. I have no clue if they still issue new wildcard certs.
> Tucows: I think you will see a great increase in business if you offer
> wildcard certs!
While I agree here, from my understanding of this issue, it is not up
to Tucows at all, they have no say on this except to prod Entrust a
bit, and from everything I have heard and read regarding Entrust and
their policies and practices, they seem particularly anal about issues
like this.
I wouldn't expect to see a wildcard cert offering through Entrust
anytime in the foreseeable future.
But by all means Entrust, prove me wrong :)
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