Thanks, I tested the free SSL certificaat (one year valid) for my private OWA mail server. *** PASSED ***
Hi guys, this sounds really interesting... But do you think that this is safe? I also would like to use this for my private OWA-Access. But maybe they will collect personal information in the background or what do you think? Is this really a serious source? Thanks in Advance. Best regards, Crus
100% legit as far as I can tell. The fact that their CA root is in Microsoft's root certificates (and most other major browsers) says a lot. You really need class 2 to secure Exchange 2007/2010, as the class 1 certs don't support multiple names. With class 1 you can secure "mail.mydomain.com" just fine but when your local outlook clients go looking for "myserver.mydomain.com" they'll complain about a mismatched certificate. Class 2 lets you do the multiple names and also wildcards (*.mydomain.com). Not free anymore, but $40 is by far the cheapest way I've found to do that.
I too think the the legitimacy of startssl looks fine. Have also concluded that it do seem in order to get Exchange 2007/2010 fully working with everything you do need a cert with more than the two SANs they give you for free, Still a great offer and $ is nothing in comparison to others.
Another way to get a (free) valid SSL certificate is to install to install Windows Home Server (in installed it on VirtualBox), create your own homeserver.com domain and then export the key On another box (in my case my real server) you can import that key again, i use this particular certificate for secure remote desktop sessions connecting to my server -> ***.homeserver.com (valid to 2015)
It won't be from a trusted root and you'll have users complaining about it. I have used a StartSSL ever since I started to learn Exchange. That $40 was VERY well spent. It has really given me an opportunity to learn the server software the way it really should work. If you or anyone you know is serious about getting an SSL Certificate, but cannot justify the cost, StartSSL is probably the way to go. (Very satisfied customer)
Says who? Not true, my Certificate obtained through Windows Home Server is a trusted root certificate from GoDaddy, so that remark is entirely bull...
What is that SSL responsible for? WHS activities? I seriously doubt it functions with Exchange as a SAN or WC cert.
i never said it would function as SAN or WC cert, you said it isn't signed by a trusted root, i said it is. Anyway on WHS it is used for https connection to remote access the WHS shares over internet.
BTW: It is probably obvious from FreeStyler example: WHS lets you get free SSL certificate only for [somename].homeserver.com domain name - not for a "vanity" one.