Re: [IUG] VeriSign and e-commerce

[Tom Klingler <tk at kent dot edu>]

Several comments:

1. Yes, Thawte is fine. I used them for a year or two on our Innopac.  
They are generally cheaper than Verisign.  You might also check out 
Geotrust   http://www.geotrust.com/   That's who I'm using now. Our 
campus got a slick discount deal with them. Also, Geotrust has a cool 
"smart icon" that you can present to your users that allows them to 
verify your certificate.  You can see mine here:  
http://kentlink.kent.edu/screens/ssl.html    Other providers likely 
offer the same kind of  thing.

2.  I've never noticed any problems with the certificates and any 
different versions of III. We've had different certificates in place 
across 2002, Silver, ...2005, and now 2006LE and haven't had any 
problems.   Just follow III's instructions on how to manipulate the 
webpac.csr file and the webpac.crt file.

3. For SSL and/or  for eCommerce, you don't need any other fancy 
products from the certificate authority.  Just get a certificate.  
Everything else you get from III.

Tom Klingler
Kent State



Kinsmith, Sharon wrote:

> Yes, we're using Thawte certificates, one for our iii server, and one
> for our web server.
>
>
> Sharon Kinsmith
> Manager, Library Information Technology Operations
> Minneapolis Public Library
> 250 Marquette Ave. S.
> Minneapolis, MN  55401
> voice: 612-630-6401
> cell:  612-741-6130
> fax: 612-630-6435
> email: SKinsmith at mplib dot org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Booth, Tony
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 1:51 PM
> To: IUG INNOPAC List
> Subject: RE: [IUG] VeriSign and e-commerce
>
>
> Hi,
>
> Yes, we are interested in this question as well. Has anyone gone with
> Thawte for their certificates? They seem to be considerably less
> expensive.
>
> Thanks,
> Tony Booth
> Danbury Public Library
> Danbury, CT 06810
> http://danburylibrary.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org
> [mailto:innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Samantha Yeung
> Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 2:22 PM
> To: innopac at innopacusers dot org
> Subject: [IUG] VeriSign and e-commerce
>
> We are moving towards E-Commerce implementation and would like to get
> some feedback on the implementation process:
>
> 1) If you are using VeriSign, did you have to make any changes or
> adjustments when you upgrade to Release 2005?  I understand that
> certificate generated from servers running Silver Release often show an
> incorrect expiration date.
>
> 2) Verisign has various products to facilitate E-commerce transaction. I
> am curious what products libraries have purchased.  Here is a link to
> Verisign's products and services: *http://tinyurl.com/7l5t8*
> **
> Thanks in advance,
> Samantha
> Library I.T. Supervisor
> Thousand Oaks Library
> 1401 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks, CA http://www.toaks.org/library
>
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Tom Klingler
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Libraries & Media Services
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Kent State University
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