Comments on: The great digital certificate ripoff?

By: Anymouse

Anymouse — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:18:28 +0000

As if Wikipedia is an authoritative source on the English language, or on any topic, for that matter.

In this case, Wikipedia is contributing to the continued dumbing down of the English language to accommodate current improper usages and slang.

Can’t complain too much about Wikipedia, though, because most of the American Dictionaries are regrettably doing the same stupid thing.

Words have meaning, and precise language conveys precise thoughts and meaning.

By: Jono

Jono — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:39:11 +0000

Lindersoft offers 3 years for $200.

http://www.lindersoft.com/order_codesigning.htm

That is a good price. Ordered yesterday and received the certificate this morning.

Jone

By: softwarecandy

softwarecandy — Mon, 17 May 2010 19:37:34 +0000

I just came across another blog post about this subject (code signing certificates, inexpensive alternatives):

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/155241/cheapest-java-code-signing-certificate-not-self-signed

Through that article I learned about another inexpensive (possibly the cheapest) code-signing certificate — $50 only:

https://www.startssl.com/?app=40

Any experience with this company (StartCom)? Reviews?

By: Mitchell Vincent

Mitchell Vincent — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:37:16 +0000

I’m not sure if Tucows is still offering the certificates but I have a $99 buy price on Comodo certs ($75 for ASP members) at http://codesigning.ksoftware.net – no membership fees or any extra accounts required, you submit your order directly to Comodo.

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By: Cursive Writing - Carol

Cursive Writing - Carol — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:16 +0000

Yes, not ideal is it? I answered “Yes” to the security warning – “Do you want to view only the webpage content that was delivered securely?” Is this the same as the unencrypted information? Clicking yes disabled the “Sponsor” advert at the top of the page, which seems to be the only issue (I hope!)

By: softwarecandy

softwarecandy — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:13:48 +0000

Carol, we just received a notification of your posting.

Cost-wise, Tucows offers the best deal — no doubt about that. We would love to purchase our next certificate from them.

As of now, however, that checkout link (https://author.tucows.com/checkout.php) still triggers the “unencrypted information” warning on the browser.

We hope that they will fix this problem within the next 7 months. Their pricing is very attractive.

By: Cursive Writing - Carol

Cursive Writing - Carol — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:54:37 +0000

Thanks you so much for this post – very helpful! I was only aware of Verisign and that’s out of my league. I noticed that Comodo offer their digital certificate to UK customers like me for GBP119 – that’s equivalent to $185 – how fair is that?

I’ve ordered a 1yr certificate from Tucows so I’ll see how that goes.

Thanks again for your help.

By: softwarecandy

softwarecandy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:16:01 +0000

Isn’t it scary that a company that sells digital certificates has a checkout process with compromised security?

Case in question: tucows code signing certificates, in the page meant for entering your credit card number and other billing information:

https://author.tucows.com/checkout.php

They said they will fix the problem “in the next few weeks”. It’s too late for us, however, so we will have to go with other, more expensive, alternatives.

Security should not be taken lightly. After all, this is the main reason for code-signing our software.

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