[_] SSL certificates
Aaron Trevena
aaron.trevena at gmail.com
Wed Nov 1 20:51:44 GMT 2006
On 01/11/06, Oliver Humpage <oliver at watershed.co.uk> wrote:
> On 1/11/06 07:11, "Steve James" <us at redpumas.com> wrote:
>
> > As mentioned a £650, £10 or self signed cert (£0) all encrypt your data,
> > and do users take any notice?
>
> A recent study showed users were more likely to pay attention to a padlock
> *in the page* than they were to the padlock on the browser or the "https"
> web address.
>
> To summarise the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
That's why verisign and thawte are able charge a ton of money.
I find the openssl logo does the job - it's got a padlock *and* SSL in it :)
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> On 1/11/06 07:11, "Steve James" <us at redpumas.com> wrote:
>
> > As mentioned a £650, £10 or self signed cert (£0) all encrypt your data,
> > and do users take any notice?
>
> A recent study showed users were more likely to pay attention to a padlock
> *in the page* than they were to the padlock on the browser or the "https"
> web address.
>
> To summarise the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
That's why verisign and thawte are able charge a ton of money.
I find the openssl logo does the job - it's got a padlock *and* SSL in it :)
A.
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