Thanks
I had no way of testing that directly myself not having a mac (Yet, but my
next laptop might head in that direction)
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: "elliot noss" <enoss@tucows.com>
To: "Gordon Hudson" <gordon@hostroute.net>
Cc: "Eric Prigge" <eprigge@webhostingone.net>; <discuss-list@opensrs.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: ssl certificate acceptance
> 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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