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I am developing an Android app and I would like to encrypt the data sent to my server. I've seen many people saying that the best practices are using SSL and I found that StartSSL is free. My questions are:

  1. Would Android trust my StartSSL certificate?

  2. Do you recommend me StartSSL or should I use another Certificate Authority like RapidSSL or GoDaddy?

Thanks!

marc_aragones
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  • StartSSL is dead, distrusted by Chrome, FF, Apple; and they do not issue certificates anymore. – avs099 Jan 22 '18 at 09:26

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  1. If the certificate is valid and complete (with intermediate certificate), yes it will work.

Get more info here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10888353/603270

  1. That is subjective.
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shkschneider
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I personally got my certificate here:

https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates/domain-validation.aspx

It was the cheapest i could find and i havent gotten into any trust issues. (ios, android, chrome, firefox, IE)

Just make sure your certificate chain is setup correctly.

Chris K.
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