K. I want to know https part of scienceforums.net

Why can't I use a permanent certificate?

I don't like the temporary one.

kthxbye. #_#

Edited July 29, 200817 yr by Genecks

Permanent certificates cost several hundred bucks to get from a certificate authority. Self-signed temporary ones are free.

 

There's no difference in terms of security except you have no easy verification of if the certificate is actually from "us".

Capn's quite right: for example, VeriSign charge $400/year for an SSL certificate, which is something that we could rightly do without.

I can't imagine a forum account being particularly high on your list of priorities either.

http://cert.startcom.org/