[ale] SSL Certificates

[Derek Atkins]

"mike at trausch.us" <mike at trausch.us> writes:

> On 09/14/2012 09:37 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
>>>> Only the single use certs are free, if you need multi domain
>>>> >> certificates then you need to buy them.
>>> >
>>> > Not (exactly) true.
>>> >
>>> > You pay for validation.  You NEVER pay for a certificate.
>> Don't you have to periodically revalidate?
>> 
>
> You have to revalidate once per year (sometimes once every two years,
> depending on the validation you get).
>
> However, whilst validated, you can generate as many certificates as you
> want, as long as they're for the entity(ies) that you've validated.

Gotcha.  Basically what this means is that if you're generating LOTS of
certificates then this makes sense.  In my case, where I really only
need one or two, I'm effectively paying a yearly price for my
certificates.  It's just labeled a "verification fee", but the end
result would be the same.

Thanks,

> 	--- Mike

-derek

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