How many bits in the encryption strength for the: (1) RapidSSL (2) GeoTrust QuickSSL Premium (3) GeoTrust True BusinessID with EV Thanks
You can check out the differences by visiting RapidSSL page here: http://www.rapidssl.com/buy-ssl/ssl-certificate/index.html Then check out QuickSSL Premium here: http://www.geotrust.com/ssl/ssl-certificates-premium/ One key difference I see is the Warranty is larger for QuickSSL Premium. And if you want to see the differences between the different SSL Certificates of what GeoTrust offers. Please see here: http://www.geotrust.com/ssl/compare-ssl-certificates.html
Thanks for the links. It appears that RapidSSL is owned by GeoTrust? If they're technically the same, I guess a hacker has equal chance of compromising either brand cert. Unless I'm mistaken, it seems that the warranty difference is just a marketing thing and therefore a reason to charge more for the same technical protection.
Well, a warranty is a warranty. If you can demonstrate that you've been compromised, they'll pay you $X. There is always cost associated with a warranty. Remember the last time you bought some electronic device worth more than a couple hundred dollars and they tried to sell you "extended protection"? The reason that 99.99% of security certificates top out at 256 bit is because that is more than adequate protection for 99.99% of sites. Unless your site hosts sensitive financial or government information (and you wouldn't host that on a shared server anyway, right?), the likelihood is that you fall in that 99.99%.
