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Thanks for clarifying!

Will a free StartSSL certificate trigger an 'untrusted source' warning from the browser?

Also, will a free certificate be adequate for encrypting authentication data in a web API?



StartSSL is completely fine for those goals. Pretty much the only effect of an EV certificate is the green bar. (Which is easily worth $150/yr if you're doing millions in e-commerce, of course!)


By the way, I went ahead and got a free StartSSL certificate. So far it seems to work fine. Thanks again for your feedback.


Excellent - thank you!


should be ok for a web API, but for an e-commerce site, you'll likely want a recognized CA.




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