Comments on: Getting a better price for SSL http://www.metafluence.com/getting-a-better-price-for-ssl/ This is beyond marketing, it is manipulation Thu, 17 May 2012 19:39:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Justin http://www.metafluence.com/getting-a-better-price-for-ssl/#comment-7679 Justin Thu, 24 May 2007 20:20:37 +0000 http://www.metafluence.com/getting-a-better-price-for-ssl#comment-7679 Not strange because SSLs don't make sense, but the buying process itself is strange. Not strange because SSLs don’t make sense, but the buying process itself is strange.

]]> By: ShaneyT http://www.metafluence.com/getting-a-better-price-for-ssl/#comment-2510 ShaneyT Fri, 23 Mar 2007 04:14:34 +0000 http://www.metafluence.com/getting-a-better-price-for-ssl#comment-2510 Actually, SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a cryptographic protocol that provides secure data transfer over the Internet. Certificates are just a piece of data that ensures you are who you say you are. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer And, why are they a strange thing to buy? It's the only way people know their data is safe. Certificate authorities like Thawte verify your identity to make sure you are legit. It's like getting your identity notarized. Are you more likely to trust a claim that your credit card is safe from a neutral third party, or straight from the person who runs the web site? Actually, SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, a cryptographic protocol that provides secure data transfer over the Internet. Certificates are just a piece of data that ensures you are who you say you are.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Sockets_Layer

And, why are they a strange thing to buy? It’s the only way people know their data is safe. Certificate authorities like Thawte verify your identity to make sure you are legit. It’s like getting your identity notarized. Are you more likely to trust a claim that your credit card is safe from a neutral third party, or straight from the person who runs the web site?

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