Type of SSL certificate

Dear all,

this is a fairly basic ODK question. We're running RCTs in India and
Pakistan and planning on using ODK Collect with ODK Aggregate on local
servers in each country running PostGreSQL. We want to transmit the
data using a connection secured by SSL, but since there are many
different SSL packages with varying prices I was just wondering for
the purpose of ODK does it matter greatly which SSL provider is used?

Best wishes,

Lu

It does not.

Cheap is good. There may be less customer support for the cheapest sites,
and less flexibility should you need to re-issue or change a certificate
after-the-fact.

The high-priced "green address bar" certificates are intended to raise the
comfort levels of unfamiliar/new users when transacting business on retail
websites. They are harder to get -- you have to prove that you are an
established business, have a physical headquarters, and have financial
resources -- so they do give more credibility to an organization that you
may never have heard of. For ODK, none of that matters.

There are some nice videos on how to generate a private key and CSR on the
symantec site:
https://www.symantec.com/verisign/ssl-certificates/secure-site/system-requirements

Mitch

··· On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Lu wrote:

Dear all,

this is a fairly basic ODK question. We're running RCTs in India and
Pakistan and planning on using ODK Collect with ODK Aggregate on local
servers in each country running PostGreSQL. We want to transmit the
data using a connection secured by SSL, but since there are many
different SSL packages with varying prices I was just wondering for
the purpose of ODK does it matter greatly which SSL provider is used?

Best wishes,

Lu

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Thanks a lot for your advice.

··· On May 31, 5:58 pm, Mitch S wrote: > It does not. > > Cheap is good. There may be less customer support for the cheapest sites, > and less flexibility should you need to re-issue or change a certificate > after-the-fact. > > The high-priced "green address bar" certificates are intended to raise the > comfort levels of unfamiliar/new users when transacting business on retail > websites. They are harder to get -- you have to prove that you are an > established business, have a physical headquarters, and have financial > resources -- so they do give more credibility to an organization that you > may never have heard of. For ODK, none of that matters. > > There are some nice videos on how to generate a private key and CSR on the > symantec site:https://www.symantec.com/verisign/ssl-certificates/secure-site/system... > > Mitch > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 6:10 AM, Lu wrote: > > Dear all, > > > this is a fairly basic ODK question. We're running RCTs in India and > > Pakistan and planning on using ODK Collect with ODK Aggregate on local > > servers in each country running PostGreSQL. We want to transmit the > > data using a connection secured by SSL, but since there are many > > different SSL packages with varying prices I was just wondering for > > the purpose of ODK does it matter greatly which SSL provider is used? > > > Best wishes, > > > Lu > > > -- > > Post: opendatakit@googlegroups.com > > Unsubscribe: opendatakit+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com > > Options:http://groups.google.com/group/opendatakit?hl=en > > -- > Mitch Sundt > Software Engineer > University of Washington > mitchellsu...@gmail.com