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Name: Thierry
Location: I'm the uber Spaminator !
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VeriSign offers best protection against phishing attacks and best browser compatibility of any SSL brand.
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Nonsense...
An ssl certificate encrypts communication between the browser and the server.
It will do nothing to prevent phishing if the user is not careful, and on an equal encryption level, every ssl certificates are equals.
As it's stated before, you pay for the reputation of the ssl supplier.
Because some demands you to fax a copy of your id, and actually call you to verify that you are a physical person.
See a ssl certificate a bit like an ID card.
You could even create your own SSL certificate, it would be valid.
But as you are not a trusted certificate authority (aka CA), your customers browser would ask them each time if they really want to trust a certificate authority that they don't know.
And on that ground, verisign have a very good reputation.
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I'm obviously looking into buying an SSL cert for my ecommerce site but i am torn between buying from an SSL reseller or a Certificate Authority direct? What are the pros and cons (having never done it before)
