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Sorrentino dot Net's SSL/TLS Usage and You
Certain parts of this site, most conspicuously anything involving managing services or requiring authentication, rely on SSL/TLS for security. In the interests of saving ourselves the $300-400/year it costs to purchase a certificate from a mainstream authority, we use a custom-signed certificate. It's just as secure as the ones you can buy (and in some cases, more so), the only difference being a third party has not verified that we are who we say we are. Your browser will complain that our pages aren't secured by a "recognized authority" and that you risk everything short of instant death by communicating with us. To counter this issue, you have three choices:
For a decent, non-techie explanation of what SSL/TLS does and why you should demand it when sending confidential data to web sites, see Scott's SSL/TLS page on Sinepaw. |
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