Getting certificates signed by recognized CA

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Getting certificate signed by recognized CA

It is very important to use certificates signed by recognized CA instead of self-signed certificates to avoid man-in-the-middle attack. At the time of writing GoDaddy seemed like a good choice for CA as described below.

GoDaddy CA

www.godaddy.com or GoDaddy offers best cost for equal security in comparison to other CAs. Also, it is recognized as CA by all modern browsers. Most of the interaction with GoDaddy is online through well built website, making it very easy to operate with GoDaddy. Further considerable documentation related to certificate service is available on Godaddy website. Links to important FAQ pages are pasted below for reference:

Go daddy useful links

• Generating SSL certificate request

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5269/generating-a-certificate-signing-request-csr-apache-2x

• Downloading SSL certificate from GoDaddy website

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/4754/downloading-an-ssl-certificate

• Revoking SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/4747/revoking-an-ssl-certificate

• Intranet and reserved IP usage in certificates

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/6935/using-intranet-and-reserved-ip-addresses-as-the-primary-domain-or-subject-alternative-name-in-ssls

• Changing comman name

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5616/changing-the-common-name-of-a-certificate

• SSL certificate installation in server

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5346/installing-an-ssl-server-instructions

• Installing SSL certificate in apache

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5238/installing-an-ssl-certificate-in-apache

• Requesting a Standard or Wildcard SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/562/requesting-a-standard-or-wildcard-ssl-certificate

• List of browsers with GoDaddy preinstalled CA

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/1139/which-browsers-and-devices-are-your-ssl-certificates-compatible-with

• Requesting Deluxe SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/2611/requesting-a-deluxe-ssl-certificate

• Uploading documents for SSL request

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5249/uploading-documents-for-your-ssl-request

• Viewsing SSL certificate request progress

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/862/viewing-the-progress-of-your-ssl-certificate-request

• Determining how long it takes to issue SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/858/determining-how-long-it-takes-to-issue-an-ssl-certificate

• Information that gets validated for an SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/859/explaining-what-information-we-validate-to-approve-ssl-certificates

• Finding certificate information

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/859/explaining-what-information-we-validate-to-approve-ssl-certificates

• What is intermediate certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/868/what-is-an-intermediate-certificate

• What happens if intermediate certificates are not installed

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/870/what-happens-if-i-dont-install-intermediate-certificates

• Difference between Deluxe and Standard SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/854/what-is-the-difference-between-a-deluxe-and-a-standard-ssl-web-server-certificate

• What is the encryption strength of your SSL certificate

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/848/what-is-the-encryption-strength-of-your-ssl-certificates

• What is criteria for accepting domain authorization letters

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5551/what-is-your-criteria-for-accepting-domain-authorization-letters

• How do I get domain authorization letter

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/863/how-do-i-get-a-domain-authorization-letter

• How to check if certificate is vulnerable ::

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5044/how-do-i-know-my-secure-certificate-is-safe-from-vulnerabilities

• Determining type of certificate being used by a website ::

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/5045/determining-the-type-of-ssl-certificate-a-website-is-using

• Verifying certificate validity (CRL/OCSP) ::

  http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/6723/verifying-a-certificates-validity-on-your-computer#verification

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