Quoting Colm Buckley (colm at tuatha.org):
> Non-greedy providers... hum. I don't think Geotrust charge a
> per-server fee, and they're way cheaper than Verisign in any case.
> Their verification isn't as strong as Verisign's, though - they still
> provide secure communications, but they don't check as rigorously as
> Verisign that you are you you claim to be.
There's an entire scathing chapter in Schneier's _Secrets and Lies_
about how all of the CAs are providing worthless and misleading
assurances concerning identity. Verisign is not providing any
significant assurance of identity, any more than the others.
--
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