Why is stability important for SSL certificates?
All SSL certificates issued by FreeSSL.com are issued from a trusted CA root certificate that is owned by FreeSSL.com. This means that all our certificates are stable. Some SSL certificate providers cannot offer this stability. For example, Comodo InstantSSL do not own their own trusted root, which means that they can only offer chained root certificates chained to a trusted root certificate that they do not own. They rely on the trusted root certificate owner to allow them to issue certificates and have no control over what the owner of the certificate does with the certificate – as has recently been shown when Baltimore has decided to sell its root certificate. The only way to offer a stable chained root product is to own the root being used to issue the chained root certificates. Owning our own root certificate means that FreeSSL.com is always in control of its pricing. This gives us the ability to change pricing depending on market dynamics ensuring that we will always offer our re
All SSL certificates issued by RapidSSL.com are issued from a trusted CA root certificate that is owned by RapidSSL.com. This means that all our certificates are stable. Owning and using their own root certificate means that RapidSSL.com is always in control of its pricing. This gives them the ability to change pricing depending on market dynamics ensuring that they will always offer their resellers the lowest cost SSL certificate available in the market!
All SSL certificates issued by SSLNika.com are issued from a trusted CA root certificate that is owned by SSLNika.com. This means that all our certificates are stable. Owning and using our own root certificate means that SSLNika.com is always in control of its pricing. This gives us the ability to change pricing depending on market dynamics ensuring that we will always offer our resellers the lowest cost SSL certificate available in the market!
All SSL certificates issued by FreeSSL.com are issued from a trusted CA root certificate that is owned by FreeSSL.com. This means that all our certificates are stable. Some SSL certificate providers cannot offer this stability. For example, Comodo InstantSSL do not own their own trusted root, which means that they can only offer chained root certificates chained to a trusted root certificate that they do not own. They rely on the trusted root certificate owner to allow them to issue certificates and have no control over what the owner of the certificate does with the certificate – as has recently been shown when Baltimore has decided to sell its root certificate. The only way to offer a stable chained root product is to own the root being used to issue the chained root certificates.
