IP: SSL Certificate "Monopoly" Bears Financial Fruit

[Stefan Kelm]

> >Why is not someone else issuing certificates?
> 
> See <http://www.securityspace.com/s_survey/sdata/200206/certca.html> for
> recent data re SSL certificate market share; Geotrust, at

I sincerely doubt the numbers presented in this so-called
"survey". How did they get to a number of only 91,136
secure servers "across all domains"? There are a huge number
of CAs, many of which offer certificates to the public
(see http://www.pki-page.info/#CA). Even if most CAs will
not have a significant market share those numbers would be
different.

Cheers,

	Stefan.
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Dipl.-Inform. Stefan Kelm
Security Consultant

Secorvo Security Consulting GmbH
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Tel. +49 721 6105-461, Fax +49 721 6105-455
E-Mail kelm at secorvo.de, http://www.secorvo.de
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