Posted 22 September 2008, 23:23
Me? I love RapidSSL certs, they are cheap and I can install them on my server shortly after ordering. I've not run in to the problems mentioned above, but I'm happy I didn't do a bulk purchase as the place I use sells 10 for $10 a piece and I almost bit that thinking that I could hold those certs forever. Perhaps I can, perhaps not, not sure on that so I won't give you my opinion other than ask the reseller before bulk ordering!
I have a number of sites which I am using RapidSSLs on and do love the single root (not a chained one) as I had problems with some of my clients hosts not installing the intermediate certificate as it requires an additional line in the httpd.conf (Apache configuration) file. I tried GoDaddy's certs and they were chained, and not only that I found fewer browsers recognized 'StarField' as a trusted root - mainly Mac broswers.
For what they are, a crock of horsehockey, they should be free (there are free ones, but no free trusted roots that I know of). SSL is secure, no matter the price. It is the SSL technology that is secure, no matter who the root is. These warrenties that they provide are silly as I doubt anyone ever has been able to make a claim as the methodology is publicly available and still secure because it would require a brute force attack over years to decypher. I may be off a bit here, I am speaking from memory of what I've read, but essentially it doesn't matter who you get it from so long as it uses a long time trusted root.
I personally shop with Servertastic.com, who I never heard of until I found a reference on WebHostingTalk.com. I've not had any problems thus far, and have been getting RapidSSL certs for 12.xx from them. The root comes up as: EquiFax Secure Global eBusiness CA-1
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