RE: [cobalt-users] raq3 ssl

[Jerald C Jones <jcjones@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Does Verisign actually do anything for the money they charge to sign your SSL certificate?  What is wrong with a Self Signed cert.
other than the fact that Verisign wants money?

Just curious, it seems like encryption is encryption regardless of who "guarantees" the authenticity of the cert.

JC Jones  :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:cobalt-users-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of flash22@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 12:47 PM
> To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] raq3 ssl
>
>
> On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, hirsh -e-skwirtz wrote:
>
> > what clicking on submit on page
> > https://www.iggyweb.com/access/
> >
> > while using netscape the following is returned:
> >
> > Warning! Although this document is secure, the information you have
> > submitted is insecure and could be observed by a third party while in
> > transit. If you are submitting passwords, credit card numbers, or other
> > information you would like to keep private, it would be safer for you to
> > cancel the submission.
> >
> > What do we need to do to get this to go away?
> >
> > we are using a self signed certificate
>
> check that the usr in the POST is https also, otherwise you are sending
> the data back unencrypted....also you are going to get some warnings
> regardless when using self signed certs...
>
>  .
>
>
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