Thawte, Inc has officially notified that the free program Thawte Personal E-mail Certificates and Web of Trust cease to exist from November 16, 2009.
As compensation, certificate holders can receive a personal certificate for VeriSign e-mail, which will be valid for one year, free of charge within two months after the Web of Trust is closed. After that, those who want to buy certificates from VeriSign can continue to do so for $ 19.95 each.
To obtain a certificate from VeriSign, users of different browsers need to follow different links:
Microsoft Internet Explorer and
Firefox, Netscape or Safari, respectively.
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As a thanks for the work done, the Web of Trust notaries has one more offer - a free one- or two-year certificate for signing the code or SSL. According to the current price list, the Thawte SSL Web Server Certificate with EV (2-Year) costs $ 795. Note that this offer also expires on November 16, 2009. Those who wish to use it should contact Thawte, Inc. directly.
And two more links. One
discusses replacing the Thawte certificate with VeriSign , and the other with a
FAQ from Thawte about revoking the Web of Trust .