Livelyblog

Livelyblog will switch from using the http protocol to https when using the entire service and all blogs on it as of February 1st, 2008.

The https ssl certificate will be signed by CA Cert. Their root certificate, which can be downloaded and installed at https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 is NOT included in many web browsers, including Internet Explorer and Firefox. The certificate is included in many GNU/Linux distributions, but not all. This means that visitors who have not installed the root certificate will get a warning message about the signing authority being unknown when viewing blogs on this website.

The cost of a “real” SSL certificate

There is no security difference betwen using a CA Cert signed ssl certificate and one from services such as GeoTrust. The only difference is that visitors will get a warning message when visiting this site if they have not installed the CA Cert root certificate — this may be annoying. There is, as mentioned, no security advantage of using a SSL certificate from a provider who has paid to get their root certificate shipped with most web browsers — the only difference is that users must manually install their root certificate or click yes to a warning message.

Donations are welcome

A GeoTrust wildcard SSL certificate costs $489 pr year. We can simply not afford to pay this much just to prevent visitors from getting a warning message or having to install CA Cert’s root certificate. However, we do accept donations. You can donate to support@livelyblog.com through PayPal. Label the donation SSL Certificate.

We will install a GeoTrust SSL certificate if we get atleast $400 in SSL donations. Livelyblog will be running a CA Cert SSL certificate from February 1st until or unless it is possible to buy a SSL certificate which is signed by a SSL provider which has their root cert included in most browsers.