risrik Posted July 27, 2010 Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hi, Was needing to get an SSL cert for my site and was wondering whether a RapidSSL or Positive SSL would be better. RapidSSL at Namecheap.com are $9.95 (http://www.namecheap.com/learn/other-services/ssl-certificates.asp) while Positive SSL at Positivessl.com are $5.00 (http://www.positivessl.com/ssl-certificate-products/ssl/ssl-certificate-positivessl.html). They're similar in price so is there any difference? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHMCS Support Manager WHMCS John Posted July 28, 2010 WHMCS Support Manager Share Posted July 28, 2010 Rapid SSL is issued by GeoTrust while Positive SSL is issued by Comodo. That's about it,. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastsideHosting Posted July 28, 2010 Share Posted July 28, 2010 Neither works with Google Checkout...I have 28 Positive SSL's by NameCheap and I've read the supported Google Checkout and RapidSSL doesn't work. Hence why I had to purchase an SSL from Godaddy, works fine. Brings to another good question... I've considered buying the 'Green Bar' SSL - Do you think it's worth it? (This may needs it's own thread.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risrik Posted July 28, 2010 Author Share Posted July 28, 2010 Neither works with Google Checkout...I have 28 Positive SSL's by NameCheap and I've read the supported Google Checkout and RapidSSL doesn't work. Hence why I had to purchase an SSL from Godaddy, works fine. I don't use Google Checkout, just PayPal. Does Google now do recurring payments? Maybe I'll add it in the future. Google says they accept SSL certs whose root certificate is from the Certificate Authorities in the list on the http://checkout.google.com/support/sell/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=57856 page. I take it Positive SSL is none of the Comodo ones in the list: # Comodo AAA Services root # Comodo Secure Services root # Comodo Trusted Services root And RapidSSL is none of the GeoTrust ones: # GeoTrust Global CA # GeoTrust Primary Certification Authority Or has that changed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 I use Globessl (globessl.com) $15.99 currently offered at $11.99 and these work fine with paypal and google checkout. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b.ahmed Posted July 29, 2010 Share Posted July 29, 2010 Satisfied with Godaddy SSL for $13 each. http://www.godaddy.com/Compare/gdcompare_ssl.aspx?isc=sslqgca03d¤cytype=CAD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
openmind Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 Brings to another good question... I've considered buying the 'Green Bar' SSL - Do you think it's worth it? (This may needs it's own thread.) I've used the EV certs for about a year now and I would say they have had a positive effect with an increase in orders... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 RapidSSL is "issued" directly by "Equifax Secure CA" (https://knowledge.rapidssl.com/support/ssl-certificate-support/index?page=content&id=SO8834&actp=LIST&viewlocale=en_US) PositiveSSL is chained from "AddTrust External CA Root" - "UTN USERFirst Hardware" -"PositiveSSL CA". I can't seem to locate this information from the Comodo knowledge, but I did lookup the details from my PositveSSL cert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easyhosting Posted August 9, 2010 Share Posted August 9, 2010 RapidSSL is "issued" directly by "Equifax Secure CA" (https://knowledge.rapidssl.com/support/ssl-certificate-support/index?page=content&id=SO8834&actp=LIST&viewlocale=en_US) PositiveSSL is chained from "AddTrust External CA Root" - "UTN USERFirst Hardware" -"PositiveSSL CA". I can't seem to locate this information from the Comodo knowledge, but I did lookup the details from my PositveSSL cert. PositiveSSL information is available at http://www.positivessl.com/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
risrik Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 RapidSSL is "issued" directly by "Equifax Secure CA" (https://knowledge.rapidssl.com/support/ssl-certificate-support/index?page=content&id=SO8834&actp=LIST&viewlocale=en_US) PositiveSSL is chained from "AddTrust External CA Root" - "UTN USERFirst Hardware" -"PositiveSSL CA". I can't seem to locate this information from the Comodo knowledge, but I did lookup the details from my PositveSSL cert. Are you saying therefore that RapidSSL is a better choice since it isn't chained? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 Well, to me the most important thing is the encryption and hence I won't say which is better since they are both the same in terms of encryption strength. However, there will be two groups of people - one say you should only use single-root while the other say all the way for chained-root. IMHO the pros and cons are arguable, and you can find all sort of reasons from google, e.g. http://www.trustico.com/chained/chained-ssl.php vs http://www.whichssl.com/intermediate_certificates2.html One note though, you do need to install the root cert for chained-root SSL. I do prefer single-root SSL, but that's purely my personal preference. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuri Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 PositiveSSL information is available at http://www.positivessl.com/ IMHO, this is as good as giving me http://www.google.com. Please kindly point me to the exact page that lists the chains. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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