[ic] Slightly OT - ChainedSSL

[Ed LaFrance]

Hi all -

In case anyone is curious, I've installed a ChainedSSL cert from 
freessl.com at https://www.newmediaems.com. Since most IC users utilize a 
secure checkout page, I thought this might be of interest to the IC 
community. The ChainedSSL product is SSLv3, using an intermediate cert from 
Baltimore Security. Given the low cost ($9 per year) it could be a good 
option for those who want to dabble in the ecommerce experience a bit first.

For what it's worth, I've obtained the $120+/year GeoTrust QuickSSL product 
before, and freessl.com actually did a more thorough job in verifying my 
identity than GeoTrust does with QuickSSL. The ChainedSSL cert worked well 
with recent versions of IE (5.x, 6.x), Netscape (4.x), Mozilla (1.x) and 
Opera (5.x) on Windows; I have yet to dust off the iMac and try some 
browsers there, but I will soon. It would be interesting to hear reports 
from those using other browsers and platforms.

- Ed L.

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