Free S/MIME certificates?

axigen

Anyone knows other free S/MIME certificate issuers beside StartSSL?
Let's Encrypt does not provide these types of certificates.

Jason

Comodo provides them

axigen

@Jason said:

Comodo provides them

Hi @Jason. Thanks for your note. I do not seem to see how I can get one for free. I am browsing their site and see that in the Free SSL section they only appear to provide 90 days 'free' for SSL certificates, no mention of S/MIME anywhere...

Jason

@axigen said:

@Jason said:

Comodo provides them

Hi @Jason. Thanks for your note. I do not seem to see how I can get one for free. I am browsing their site and see that in the Free SSL section they only appear to provide 90 days 'free' for SSL certificates, no mention of S/MIME anywhere...

https://secure.instantssl.com/products/frontpage?area=SecureEmailCertificate&currency=USD&region=North+America&country=US

axigen

Thanks!
I have made a side by side comparison of Comodo (left) and StartSSL (right).

Key Takeaways:

Both allow Email Digital Signature and Encryption
Only StartSSL allows for Data Encryption (read file encryption) (outside of email)

axigen

@Jason said:

@axigen said:

@Jason said:

Comodo provides them

Hi @Jason. Thanks for your note. I do not seem to see how I can get one for free. I am browsing their site and see that in the Free SSL section they only appear to provide 90 days 'free' for SSL certificates, no mention of S/MIME anywhere...

https://secure.instantssl.com/products/frontpage?area=SecureEmailCertificate&currency=USD&region=North+America&country=US

Really curious about how you found that on their website.