Saturday, January 29, 2011

Free (or nearly free) Trusted SSL Certificate?

Is it possible to get a trusted signed ssl certificate for free?

I could create a self signed one using iis7 for example but these normally require the user to accept them as compared to one from a trusted source.

Therefore, is there a very inexpensive way to get one (free?) as cost is definitely an issue.

  • there are free trial [ 30 days ] certs - it's very handy for testing.

    but for production use - i suggest use buy something. cheapest i've bought were from namecheap - 10usd/year.

    TRS-80 : Yeah, namecheap are the cheapest single root certs I've found.
    From pQd
  • GoDaddy has cheap SSL certificates.

    http://www.godaddy.com/Compare/gdcompare_ssl.aspx?isc=sslqgo002a

    From Eric Hazen
  • I've bought mine from www.cheapssls.com - $US10/year

    asn187 : The link you probably meant was - http://www.cheapssls.com/
    Farseeker : Whoops, you're right. Thanks Zoredache.
    From Farseeker
  • You should look at : http://www.cacert.org/ It's Free and well recognized by Unix OS. I think it's what you are looking for.

    asn187 : From windows, using all browsers, the certificate used on their own website https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=1 is untrusted. Google Chrome big red scary page. That doesn't look so good.
    From Eno
  • Arstechnica had a nice little article on How to obtain and install an SSL/TLS certificate, for free http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/12/how-to-get-set-with-a-secure-sertificate-for-free.ars

    asn187 : As far as I can tell this is not free or even inexpensive. The cost is around $150 for the need I describe.
    aduljr : You can get a class 1 certificate for free. Anything above a class 1 will cost money. I have used this ona couple domains for the plesk control panel.
    From aduljr

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