Ask HN: What's the best company to buy SSL certificates from?

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Post by cioc » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 9:30 AM UTC

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Post by citricsquid » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:03 AM UTC

What's your goal? There are all types of certificates, some cheap and some expensive. If you're aiming for cheap, companies like Namecheap and GoDaddy sell them for peanuts but they're "cheap" certificates, not with bells and whistles.

Re: Ask HN: What's the best company to buy SSL certificates from?

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Post by charliesome » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:06 AM UTC

I like Gandi. You get a free SSL certificate for a year with your domain, and it's $12 a year after that.

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Post by blakdawg » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:12 AM UTC

startssl.com is free.

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Post by leftnode » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:12 AM UTC

I get mine through DNSimple. I'm sure they're a reseller for another company, but $20 a year for a single domain SSL and $100 a year for wildcard.

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Post by XERQ » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:35 AM UTC

We've used Comodo certs for our projects, given out for free by our provider SSD Nodes (http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1122631). I think the certs by themselves are $9-10/year if you decided to get them on your own.

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Post by josephb » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:40 AM UTC

NameCheap has been great for me, for SSL certificates and domains.

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Post by Mavyrk » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:41 AM UTC

citricsquid wrote: post #2

What's your goal? There are all types of certificates, some cheap and some expensive. If you're aiming for cheap, companies like Namecheap and GoDaddy sell them for peanuts but they're "cheap" certificates, not with bells and whistles.

Is there a chance you could elaborate on this some? What would some example "bells and whistles" be with regards to SSL certs?

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Post by XERQ » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:43 AM UTC

Mavyrk wrote: post #8

citricsquid wrote: post #2

What's your goal? There are all types of certificates, some cheap and some expensive. If you're aiming for cheap, companies like Namecheap and GoDaddy sell them for peanuts but they're "cheap" certificates, not with bells and whistles.

Is there a chance you could elaborate on this some? What would some example "bells and whistles" be with regards to SSL certs?

Verisign EV certs get the green text along with the name of the company in the browser (ex: https://paypal.com)

More information: http://www.verisign.com/ssl/ssl-information-center/extended-...

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Post by oblasco » Mon, Feb 06, 2012, 10:44 AM UTC

Comodo with PositiveSSL is bargain for 9$ USD