So, it’s been a long time since a posted anything here but I found something a little worth-while in the recent past that I thought I’d share with anyone reading out there. CAcert is an organization dedicated to providing free SSL Certificates to the community. Anyone can get certificates for clients (email), web servers, or code-signing. Certificates are good for six months unless you get ‘Assured’ by the ‘Web of Trust’ program. The idea is that you meet other people who are already ‘assured’ to some extent. They look at your documentation (driver’s license, etc) and verify you are who you say you are, then award ‘Assurance Points’ to your account on the site. With 50 Assurance Points your certificates will last one year instead of just six months.

Seeing as I just started a new development website for BDI a couple months ago, the idea of free SSL certificates for the domains I have is certainly nice. And now that I’ve been assured to some extent, I’ve volunteered to be an Assurer as well. Check it out if you have the time and need for such a thing.