Go
Daddy To Issue SSL Certificates to Open Source Projects
“Free of Charge” [February 18,
2005]
SCOTTSDALE,
Ariz. (February 18, 2005) - The Go Daddy Group, Inc.,
parent company of GoDaddy.com, the No. 1 registrar of
domain names, announced today that it will issue its
Turbo SSL Certificate to bona-fide open source software
projects – at no cost. “Open source”
software projects allow software developers free access
to underlying software code, as well as the ability
to read, redistribute, and modify the source code.
Go
Daddy has already issued its first free SSL Certificate
to binarycloud, an open source project focused on application
framework and development environments for creating
large-scale PHP applications. The Turbo SSL certificates
which Go Daddy will issue to open source projects –
a $29.95 value -- are issued within minutes, have 99%
browser recognition, and provide 128-bit Web server
security -- the highest level of encryption available
on the market today. Learn more about Go Daddy’s
no- charge initiative for the open source community
at https://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/ssl/ssl_opensource.asp
"Part
of what binarycloud offers is highly secure authentication
– which means everything we do must be extremely
secure - especially code checkins,” said Alex
Black, Project Leader for binarycloud. “After
researching Verisign's certificates, we decided that
Go Daddy's SSL offering was superior - well priced and
simple to administer. They kindly donated an enterprise-grade
SSL certificate to the project and we've used it with
no problems for a variety of services on binarycloud.com.
Thanks, Go Daddy!"
"We
are a big supporter of the open source community,”
added Bob Parsons, president and founder of The Go Daddy
Group, Inc., recently named the fastest growing technology
company (ranked # 8 overall) on the Inc. 500 List of
America’s Fastest Growing Private Companies. “Go
Daddy offers numerous open source software applications
in conjunction with our hosting plans, specifically,
blogging, image galleries, content management and more.
We will augment these offerings in the coming months.”
Go
Daddy SSL certificates offer both businesses and individuals
a higher level of security and privacy than typical
Internet sites for online transactions where sensitive
information is exchanged. Go Daddy certificates have
received the WebTrust Seal of Assurance (awarded by
the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts
(www.AICPA.org),
and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
(www.CICA.ca),
which guarantees that Go Daddy has met and exceeded
standards in the areas of privacy, security, business
practices/transaction integrity, availability, and confidentiality.
About
The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
The Go Daddy Group, the industry leader in domain name
registration, enables individuals and businesses to
acquire, create, and safeguard their unique identities
and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line
of Web development tools, including hosting, email systems,
SSL certificates and complementary products and services.
The Go Daddy Group companies include three ICANN-accredited
domain name registrars: flagship registrar GoDaddy.com
(www.GoDaddy.com);
membership-based registrar Blue Razor Domains, Inc.,
(www.bluerazor.com);
and reseller registrar Wild West Domains, Inc., (www.wildwestdomains.com).
The Go Daddy Group also offers private domain name registration
services through Domains By Proxy, Inc., (www.domainsbyproxy.com).
The Go Daddy Group registers a new domain name every
7 seconds.
Contact:
Nick Fuller
Communications Manager
480.505.8800 ext. 4435
nfuller@godaddy.com
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