The difference between certificates is who signs them and how much the insurance is. Verisign cost much more however the insurance is higher too. It depends on application, if you want to secure something where goods of a value of say $2000 or less are being traded, then pick a certificate with insurance just under the total amount you intend to sell. The level of insurance should be in line with what your customers expect. I've been looking at Chained SSL personally, it's cheaper and if your application doesn't require heavy insurance/any insurance then it's great. Just make sure the cert you purchase will show in the most common browsers, namely IE/Mozilla without popping up notices about the certificate being signed by a known authority. Cheers, Scott Pettit -----Original Message----- From: Michael Hallager [mailto:michael(a)networkstuff.co.nz] Sent: Friday, 9 January 2004 10:53 p.m. To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] SSL Certificates query. Are they all somewhat equal? Anyone had any experience with "Chained SSL" certificates? // Michael Hallager Director || Head geek || Making IT work. URL: http://www.networkstuff.co.nz networkStuff, NZ's leading supplier of high quality used networking equipment. Phone: 09 837-6100 (DDI) 0800 638-788 (Freecall) Fax: 09 837-8100 0800 329-788 (Freecall) Mobile: 027 477-7624 _______________________________________________ NZNOG mailing list NZNOG(a)list.waikato.ac.nz http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/nznog