Re: FN-FORUM Setting up a secure site

date posted 24th May 2001 14:45

On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 02:22:51PM +0100, Ben Empson wrote:
> Hi Chris, thanks for your response.
>
> I will be looking to get the site hosted through an ISP, not myself. How
> complicated is it to set this up, and do you have any idea of an average
> cost?
>

If it is a good ISP, you just need to ask them, and they will do so.

If they are buying a secure certificate for you, they will need
some information about you (and your company if you have one) - you
have to be able to prove to their satisfaction that you are who you
say you are - as this is effectively what the secure certificate
does.

Individual certificates from a company like Thawte cost around £100
although some ISPs may have bulk arrangements which mean they can
sell to you cheaper.

Some ISPs offer space on a secure machine, so you don't need to
buy your own certificate. Then you just put the pages you need
secured on that machine, and call them appropriately.