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Quote:Bragging rights in the SSL certification market are still a subject of dispute.

GeoTrust said this week that it is growing faster than anyone else. And then VeriSign said it is the undisputed leader in the SSL certificate market.

Regardless of who is the leader or is growing faster, both firms are growing their SSL certification business, as more and more sites turn to the trusted pair for their security certification needs.


full article: http://news.earthweb.com/ent-news/article.php/3571696
Quote:Bragging rights in the SSL certification market are still a subject of dispute.

Yawn, this is about as exciting as VeriSign's former obsession with beating Thawte (which it later bought).  I prefer GeoTrust SSLs (or even Comodo) over Verisign's overpriced certificates.  I also preferred Thawte.  Yellowtonguerazz

Quote:"The SSL market is expanding as new e-commerce sites appear online everyday and as consumers are demanding more security in their online activities,"


I think every ecommerce site would benefit from getting a SSL certificate...even if they don't technically need one because they use PayPal and don't accept payments directly on the site.  Buyers do look for the lock icon in their browsers and are more likely to trust an unknown ecommerce site if they see one.  Think of buying an SSL certificate as the equivalent of getting positive feedback on an auction site...

Thank you, BBH, for that succinct statement of why SSL is important.  Can I borrow that quote (with credit to you?)

Chris
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Can I borrow that quote
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Yep.
Hello  bbh

Just ran across this topic. Hope someone sees me!

Since: September 5, 2006, VeriSign Completes Acquisition of GeoTrust

Where would be a good place to find a very reasonable priced SSL? I doubt I will process credit cards myself (I have a b&m merchant account), but would like to provide the "security" of a lock.

I remember reading once you knew of something in the $30 range ?!!?, but you didn't name names.

Thanks  Smile
theplanet.com (GeoTrust, RapidSSL)
Rapid SSL $14.95 (compared to $69 direct from RapidSSL)
http://www.theplanet.com/hosting-product...pidssl.asp
GeoTrust Quick SSL $49 (compared to  $249 direct from GeoTrust)
http://www.theplanet.com/hosting-product...ickssl.asp
GeoTrust Quick SSL Premium $94  (compared to $299 direct from GeoTrust)
http://www.theplanet.com/hosting-product...remium.asp

Dotster (Thawte)
Thawte SSL123L $34.95 (compared to $149 direct from Thawte)
http://www.dotster.com/other/ssl/123
Other discounted Thawte SSLs
http://www.dotster.com/other/ssl/

GoDaddy.com
Turbo SSL $19.99
High-Assurance SSL $89.99

https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/compare.asp?se=%2B&ci=275

updated 10/5/07
I'm using Volusion SSL.  $69/yr $129/2yr $199/3yr
Market share for leading SSL providers as of February 2007:

1. Verisign 24.86%
2. GeoTrust 21.31%
3. Thawte 13.84%
4. Comodo 8.11%
5. GoDaddy 4.84%

complete list, and links to, top 100 SSL issuers:
http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/da...tml?ca=QlQ=