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Originally Posted by Whir

I don't know how SSL certs couldn't be compatible with any major browser. Are you worried about people using lynx?

As I understand it...

In order to be "trusted" by a browsers, the organization issuing an SSL certificate must be know to the browser in advance. In the early days of browsers, only companies like VeriSign and Thawte came pre-bundled with the Browser. Over time, many more companies started selling SSL Certs, and were incorporated into the base browser installation.

The problem is, lots of people still run very old browsers. From what I can tell, the certs from GoDaddy won't work with anyone running Netscape prior to 4.7, or IE prior to 5.0. That's a small, but still significant percentage of the population.