OT: Looking for advice on SSL certs

Eric Cope eric.cope at gmail.com
Thu Mar 13 11:27:38 MST 2014


I use cheapssls.com. They are owned by Namecheap. Very good. 

There was also an SSL provider providing free certs for non-commercial applications. I'd have to google it. 

Eric

> On Mar 13, 2014, at 11:03 AM, Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> wrote:
> 
> I would like to find an inexpensive (ie really cheap) ssl cert for a project I am working on. I have a self-signed certificate now, and I would like to get rid of the annoying warning messages.
> 
> A side question. When I click on "continue" in the warning message, I connect to the site. However, the https in the Chrome browser bar is red and has a slash through it. Does that mean the traffic is not encrypted, or is it just another warning that the cert is not verified?
> 
> All I need to do is encrypt the traffic between the browser and server. There is no e-commerce involved. The content contains some sensitive financial info, so I would like to encrypt it.
> 
> I googled for cheap certs, and there are many providers, so I have no idea which ones are any good. If you have any experience with a particular provider, pleaser let me know.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark
> 
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