Re: ssl certificate acceptance

From: elliot noss (enoss@tucows.com)
Date: Wed Nov 05 2003 - 08:55:19 EST


I can say that in 6-8 months I ahve never had a problem with Safari and
I am SURE I have gone to a site with a Geotrust cert in that time.

Gordon Hudson wrote:

> Opera is the biggest issue really.
> Can anyone say if the Geotrust certs are compatible with Safari?
>
> Actually, I can get the Comodo/Baltimore certs for half the price of the
> geotrust but the Tucows ordering system is just too easy to use and
> there is no chain cert to install (mixing chain certs on IIS5 seems to
> be a no-go).
> I have end d up standardising to the Geotrust certificate.
>
> Regards
>
> Gordon Hudson
> Hostroute.com Ltd
> www.hostroute.net <http://www.hostroute.net>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Eric Prigge <mailto:eprigge@webhostingone.net>
> *To:* discuss-list@opensrs.net <mailto:discuss-list@opensrs.net>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, November 05, 2003 5:29 AM
> *Subject:* ssl certificate acceptance
>
> I know this has been discussed here in the past, but I'm looking for
> some sane, unbiased numbers regarding browser 'compatibility' with
> ssl certificates / which certificates are the best to offer customers.
>
> According to some info I've seen, Geotrust might not be the best
> price/value based on compatibility:
> http://www.whichssl.com/browser_recognition_table.html (yes I know
> this isn't at all unbiased and some of the numbers look to be
> inaccurate)
>
> If IE 5.0 has 1-1.5% of the browser market though, it seems a shame
> to miss out on these people with Geotrust. I havent been able to
> get good numbers on the market share of other 'fringe' browsers that
> might or might not work with Geotrust, InstantSSL, Entrust,
> Baltimore, etc...
>
> I can't seem to find a single word regarding this rather important
> issue in the 'reseller resource center' either....
>
> Thanks,
> Eric Prigge
> WebhostingONE

-- 
Elliot Noss
Tucows Inc.
416-538-5494
enoss.blogware.com



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