i just got a renewal notice from Certstar - for a geotrust SSL certificate that is due for renewal. A certificate i originally brought from the planet. Has anyone heard of Certstar before thanks Ian
Yes, they are a very trusted ssl provider that has been around for a very long time. They also offer free ssl certificates, or at least they did around thanksgiving. Either way, they seem like a very reliable company to me.
thanks for that just trying to work out how they got my details that my ssl certificate was to be renewed in 15 days when i did not buy thro them? thanks ian
I got the same e-mail for my SSL certificate. I originally purchased through sslstar but there appears to be no association between the two companies. It's a bit misleading.
This is due to planet outsourced the ssl renewal biz to their company.That why they got your info.How about their pricing?I still prefer to renew my ssl with the company itself coz it feel more secure
Stay far far away from these scammers. They got your details by spidering your web site looking for expiring certificates. They have tricked several unsuspecting people in to renewing with them instead of their real SSL provider. RazorGlacier says they've been around for a "very long time" but if you look at thier domain WHOIS record you can see that it was only registered last month (Nov 2008).
I came across this forum looking for info on certstar after receiving a similar email from them. I was tempted by the cheap price and almost went ahead and purchased it after reading the comment from RazorGlacier (the digitalpointforum reply hadn't been posted yet). However, I checked with a friend of mine who knows more about this sort of thing than I do and he pointed me to the following link: blog.pembi.net/argh-spammers-and-scammers (had to remove the http:// because I'm new and can't post live links). He added, "Also their cert is not going to be trusted by default in any web browser I have ever heard of, which means users will be presented with a pop-up about it. You might as well generate your own for free, it will work just as well. Their own site doesn't even use a "cert star" cert, probably for that reason" Normally, I would have just assumed that if sounds too good to be true, then it must be too good to be true. However, I made a similar move a couple of years ago when I switched from Verisign to Thawte. That move was even more of a money saver than this one would have been. Anyway, if you're looking to buy or renew an SSL, I'd recommend the SSL123 from Thawte. It's cheap at $149, came well recommended and I've been using one on an ecommerce site for over 2 years with no problems. I signed up for this forum just to refute RazorGlacier's endorsement. Digitalpointforum beat me to it, but I decided to chime in anyway.
The planet is still sell SSl certificates from Geotrust, so the comment that they had outsourced this seems wrong. Looking at the info on the Certstar site and they say very little and definiately make no mention of the Geotrust certificates they are indicating they are. Renewed my SSL with a Geotrust certificate again. better Safe than sorry. cheers Ian
You should definitely steer clear of CertStar. Read this for more details: http://www.sslshopper.com/article-ssl-certificate-for-mozilla.com-issued-without-validation.html