Comments on: Comodo is shady http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Antiques Collector http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-3057 Antiques Collector Mon, 10 May 2010 15:53:52 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-3057 It's my first time to get an SSL Certificate. bought one from namecheap. cost 49$ i forwarded my CSR and bought a dedicated IP. it cost me about 150$. comodo emailed me asking for whois registrant and some docs that should match the registrant... since my whois is private i made it public. i cancelled my subscription of being private... I emailed them the documents.. then it came lot of emails from Den S. Madelyn, Karl and etc. asking me different docs... i replied to them providing again and again the docs and then they keep on emailing to forward them neccessary info.. i emailed them again then i add national Id,. then it came another email they don't accept my docs... what? that is what you are asking for... and i realized the docs are about 2-4 months ago so i scanned new docs... ( they did not tell me its the reason - they won't point out why - they just say we don't accept this kinds of documents) i emailed them... they are not checking the scanned image, they say... we don;t accept cellphone bill... they did not bother to see my bank statement... what i provided... my national Id, celphone bill, bank statement and sreenshot of whois.. they said in email atleast to provide a utility bill, ID, bank statement.. i provided the 3... now they won't validate it and they are not reading my full email and not checking email attachment and now again they are asking for my landline bill! I don't have one... If i provide that in case what would they asked next time my birthday my credit card?? wow comodo... could that be comodo is shady?? I am beginning to think that COMODO Sucks!!! or Comodo support sucks! namecheap on the other hand has a very good customer support.. I should blog this for everyone trying to buy COMODO SSL check on them first... It’s my first time to get an SSL Certificate. bought one from namecheap. cost 49$

i forwarded my CSR and bought a dedicated IP. it cost me about 150$.

comodo emailed me asking for whois registrant and some docs that should match the registrant… since my whois is private i made it public. i cancelled my subscription of being private…

I emailed them the documents.. then it came lot of emails from Den S. Madelyn, Karl and etc. asking me different docs… i replied to them providing again and again the docs and then they keep on emailing to forward them neccessary info..

i emailed them again then i add national Id,. then it came another email they don’t accept my docs…

what? that is what you are asking for… and i realized the docs are about 2-4 months ago so i scanned new docs… ( they did not tell me its the reason – they won’t point out why – they just say we don’t accept this kinds of documents)

i emailed them… they are not checking the scanned image, they say… we don;t accept cellphone bill… they did not bother to see my bank statement…

what i provided… my national Id, celphone bill, bank statement and sreenshot of whois..

they said in email atleast to provide a utility bill, ID, bank statement.. i provided the 3…

now they won’t validate it and they are not reading my full email and not checking email attachment

and now again they are asking for my landline bill! I don’t have one… If i provide that in case what would they asked next time my birthday my credit card?? wow comodo… could that be comodo is shady??

I am beginning to think that COMODO Sucks!!! or Comodo support sucks!

namecheap on the other hand has a very good customer support..

I should blog this for everyone trying to buy COMODO SSL check on them first…

]]> By: JS http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 JS Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:46:28 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-2628 I just got a call from Comodo this morning. Something about web site security. I told the lady up front to hang up on him. Do they really think that cold calling software developers at work is going to earn them money? Who comes up with this stuff? I just got a call from Comodo this morning. Something about web site security. I told the lady up front to hang up on him. Do they really think that cold calling software developers at work is going to earn them money? Who comes up with this stuff?

]]> By: comodo sucks http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 comodo sucks Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:12:21 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1950 Just got cold-called by them today to become a reseller of their products. It'll be a cold day in hell before I do. In fact, I am going to advise against anyone using or selling their products in the future as a result. Just got cold-called by them today to become a reseller of their products. It’ll be a cold day in hell before I do. In fact, I am going to advise against anyone using or selling their products in the future as a result.

]]> By: waldo http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 waldo Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:13:30 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1922 welp, they continue... just got cold-called by comodo. did scraping contact data from WHOIS for marketing purposes suddenly become acceptable? Looking forward to my email... welp, they continue… just got cold-called by comodo. did scraping contact data from WHOIS for marketing purposes suddenly become acceptable?

Looking forward to my email…

]]> By: comodo unwanted calls http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 comodo unwanted calls Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:11:57 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1823 Yes, just got the same unwanted phone calls and have been for several months, unfortunately the bozos thinks its funny to keep calling back 15 times in the same day from 201-963-0004, Jersey City, NJ they even tried calling from a cell 2016889303 which has been disconnected. Yes, just got the same unwanted phone calls and have been for several months, unfortunately the bozos thinks its funny to keep calling back 15 times in the same day from 201-963-0004, Jersey City, NJ they even tried calling from a cell 2016889303 which has been disconnected.

]]> By: Bagwan http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 Bagwan Sun, 31 May 2009 17:04:59 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1774 Comodo helping bad guys: http://tr.im/mXSy Comodo helping bad guys:
http://tr.im/mXSy

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Anonymous Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:32:17 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1665 Here you get some more: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.crypto/browse_thread/thread/c2d9f3ce99d11f06/82b2d546dfaa4e0d?q=Your+SSL+Certificate+on+trust-value.com+is+expiring+soon#82b2d546dfaa4e0d Here you get some more: http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.crypto/browse_thread/thread/c2d9f3ce99d11f06/82b2d546dfaa4e0d?q=Your+SSL+Certificate+on+trust-value.com+is+expiring+soon#82b2d546dfaa4e0d

]]> By: Josh http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1664 Josh Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:57:22 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1664 Shady and inept. A few months back one of Comodo's resellers issued a fraudulent Mozilla cert. Pretty lame of Comodo. See: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/ca_mozzilla_cert_snaf/ Shady and inept. A few months back one of Comodo’s resellers issued a fraudulent Mozilla cert. Pretty lame of Comodo. See:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/29/ca_mozzilla_cert_snaf/

]]> By: btm http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 btm Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:20:19 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1659 12:15 <@ipl31> funny thing is that article in the email is from 2002 Word. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2118141/1024-bit-encryption-compromised 12:15 < @ipl31> funny thing is that article in the email is from 2002

Word.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2118141/1024-bit-encryption-compromised

]]> By: Jason Hicks http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Jason Hicks Tue, 17 Mar 2009 18:29:14 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1658 Understood and agreed. While many of the people we speak with do request an informational email to recap the conversation as well as to have a point of reference to do their own research, you were not one of those people and you should not have been sent a follow up email. Again, my apologies for the inconvenience. Understood and agreed. While many of the people we speak with do request an informational email to recap the conversation as well as to have a point of reference to do their own research, you were not one of those people and you should not have been sent a follow up email. Again, my apologies for the inconvenience.

]]> By: btm http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 btm Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:43:08 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1657 The point is that it's unsolicited and unrelated. It's not a matter of if the recipient knows the information or not. My phone conversation amount to "Hi. No, thanks." I didn't ask to be emailed about Comodo's products and services, nor did I express any interest in the Comodo News service. Hopefully the many people that appreciate the information are asked if they would like to be emailed news relating to SSL. Otherwise you're just saying "Sure, it's Spam, but hey, like, a bunch of people bought the viagra, so we're ethically okay, right?" No, not really. Spam is bad, the irony was in getting spam as a result of a cold call, which is bad. While these practices may be standard, they're invasive. It's not an article about people who forget to renew they SSL keys getting taken advantage of. It's a completely out of context article about the dangers of 'the man' and how vulnerable you are. Your intentions be what they may, this is the equivalent of trying to sell someone a home security system, and when they refuse emailing them an article about how cheap security systems are easily thwarted by murderers and rapists. The point is that it’s unsolicited and unrelated. It’s not a matter of if the recipient knows the information or not. My phone conversation amount to “Hi. No, thanks.” I didn’t ask to be emailed about Comodo’s products and services, nor did I express any interest in the Comodo News service. Hopefully the many people that appreciate the information are asked if they would like to be emailed news relating to SSL. Otherwise you’re just saying “Sure, it’s Spam, but hey, like, a bunch of people bought the viagra, so we’re ethically okay, right?” No, not really.

Spam is bad, the irony was in getting spam as a result of a cold call, which is bad. While these practices may be standard, they’re invasive.

It’s not an article about people who forget to renew they SSL keys getting taken advantage of. It’s a completely out of context article about the dangers of ‘the man’ and how vulnerable you are. Your intentions be what they may, this is the equivalent of trying to sell someone a home security system, and when they refuse emailing them an article about how cheap security systems are easily thwarted by murderers and rapists.

]]> By: Jason Hicks http://blog.loftninjas.org/2009/03/12/comodo-is-shady/comment-page-1/#comment-1656 Jason Hicks Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:20:22 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=300#comment-1656 Came across this blog entry and wanted to offer my apologies for how you perceived the situation. No one is trying to strong arm you; we are simply letting people know that technology seems to have caught up to the 1024-bit public key. Many people we call everyday are appreciative of the info as they didn't know; obviously thats not the case with you as the call was unwelcome, so again, my apologies. Came across this blog entry and wanted to offer my apologies for how you perceived the situation. No one is trying to strong arm you; we are simply letting people know that technology seems to have caught up to the 1024-bit public key. Many people we call everyday are appreciative of the info as they didn’t know; obviously thats not the case with you as the call was unwelcome, so again, my apologies.

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