Sorta OT - Cheap certificate authority?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2008 at 12:34:27 -0500,
  Thomas Cameron <thomas.cameron at camerontech.com> wrote:
> Hey All -
> 
> I am setting up a project for a buddy on a shoe-string budget and we
> need a site protected by SSL.  Self-signed won't cut it.  I looked at

Why not? If you are interested in protection for the communications rather
than being involved with Verisign's protection racket then a self signed
certificate will work just fine. If you are worried about the latter, check
the list of CAs included by default in the browsers you expect your visitors
to be using and check out their prices.