# Ssl certificate **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [February 28, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658 "2009-02-28T16:28:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/1 "2009-02-28T16:28:06Z")
Can anyone tell me which is best either self-signed or VeriSign certificate ? cheers, ashikali ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/2 "2009-02-28T16:46:10Z")
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Ashikali A. \< removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote: > Can anyone tell me which is best either self-signed or VeriSign > certificate ? > > cheers, > ashikali Hi, can you please explain what you’re trying to do? -Conrad ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/3 "2009-02-28T16:56:18Z")
Conrad T. wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Ashikali A. \< > removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid\> wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me which is best either self-signed or VeriSign > > certificate ? > > > > cheers, > > ashikali > > Hi, can you please explain what you’re trying to do? > > -Conrad > I am going to create https enabled website . Obviously we need ssl > certificate to configure https in appache . I refer following links > instructions . [https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/httpd.html](https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/httpd.html) Finally as per the guides in above link . I have configured https successfully . I think above link is more than enough to understand my problem . cheers, ashikali ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/4 "2009-02-28T17:19:42Z")
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Ashikali A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Can anyone tell me which is best either self-signed or VeriSign > certificate ? No. Or to put it another way – “best” in what sense? A self-signed cert will cause most browsers to present users with an ominous-sounding warning, but it doesn’t cost anything. Maybe that isn’t a problem for your user base, maybe it is. A cert from a recognized Certificate Authority will not prompt those warnings, but it costs money. Verisign is only one CA, BTW, so you might look at others to compare pricing. ## FWIW, Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/5 "2009-02-28T18:09:01Z")
On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Ashikali A. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Actually the case is , my client will not interact with webserver using > browser . They will send https request via programming languages like > ruby , c sharp …etc . Here do I need any third party certificates for > security ? . A self-signed cert will be fine then, as long as the client gets a copy so it recognizes it as trusted. Obviously the details of that depend on the client implementation. > Mr. Hassan where are you from ? San Jose CA 🙂 ## HTH, Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/6 "2009-02-28T17:39:46Z")
Hassan S. wrote: > On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 7:28 AM, Ashikali A. > [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > Can anyone tell me which is best �either �self-signed or VeriSign > > certificate ? > > No. Or to put it another way – “best” in what sense? > > A self-signed cert will cause most browsers to present users with an > ominous-sounding warning, but it doesn’t cost anything. Maybe that > isn’t a problem for your user base, maybe it is. > > A cert from a recognized Certificate Authority will not prompt those > warnings, but it costs money. Verisign is only one CA, BTW, so you > might look at others to compare pricing. > > ## FWIW, > > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid Actually the case is , my client will not interact with webserver using browser . They will send https request via programming languages like ruby , c sharp …etc . Here do I need any third party certificates for security ? . cheers , ashikali Mr. Hassan where are you from ? ---
**Author:** ![ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@ashikalim](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ashikalim)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ssl-certificate/161658/7 "2009-03-01T18:46:33Z")
Hi, Please explain , what you trying to say ?