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				Iain Hallam wrote:

> Hi, _.
> 
> I need to buy a couple of SSL certificates and saw the prices on the
> Thawte site: ouch. Go Daddy seems a tad more reasonable, but is there a
> reason I shouldn't go with them? Anyone got other recommendations for
> budget certificates?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Iain.
> 
Our Verisign cert just ran out at £650 I decided to try out a GoDaddy 
cert for a subdomain.

Works a treat, no problems with browsers. So at $19.99 per year (£10) 
you can't go wrong.

We went and bought a wildcard cert now so all our subdomains can be 
secured without resorting to self signed certs and having users have to 
click on the popups.

Only one thing. They use WHOIS to check you have the rights to the 
domain and send an email to the admin email listed. CO.UK don't have any 
emails listed so you need to contact GoDaddy, send them a fax on headed 
paper requesting where they send the confirmation email.

As mentioned a £650, £10 or self signed cert (£0) all encrypt your data, 
and do users take any notice?

Steve