[ale] SSL Certificates

[Jeremy T. Bouse]

On 20.09.2012 16:25, Ben Coleman wrote:
> I've played with the free StartCom Level 1, but have been a little 
> put
> off by having to put intermediate certificates in the browser or 
> email
> client to have the certificates recognized.  Is this also true at 
> Level
> 2, or is there a way around it?
>
> Ben


If you're having to put intermediate certificates in your browser or 
email client then you're doing it wrong... The intermediate certificate 
is only needed on the server listed as the CA certificate as the root CA 
certificate is already installed in your browser.

If you're put off by having to use intermediate certificates in general 
than give up on SSL completely as every SSL certificate provider I know 
uses them as they place a shorter lifetime on their intermediate CA and 
a longer lifetime on the root CA that is installed in the browsers.