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Re: [cobalt-security] Secure Certificates
- Subject: Re: [cobalt-security] Secure Certificates
- From: Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 21:47:22 -0700
- Organization: nobaloney.net
- List-id: Mailing list for users to address network security on Cobalt products. <cobalt-security.list.cobalt.com>
John Mehan wrote:
> Whats the deal with the warranty? Is there any benefit to having a SSL
> certificate with a larger warranty?
Any "benefit" to the warranty is in the minds of the great masses
rushing to visit your site. They want to be sure their credit card
won't be stolen, and misused to the total of $50.
Frankly, I belong to the school that subscribes to "most users see ssl
as an encryption mechanism and not as an identification mechanism".
And I don't think the warranty is worth anything to me.
If my customers are checking their little locks, then going to the
ssl-issuer's website, then checking all the fine print to see which cert
the site uses, and what the warranty is, and not shopping from sites
that don't have huge warranties, then I guess I'm losing business
<smile>.
Jeff
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Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting
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