> FYI, StartSSL's free personal SSL certificate only valid for new users for the first year
They only allow one-year certs to be generated, but you can renew them and get as many of them as you want. I've got class one certs from them for two different domains, and I've replaced both those certs twice as they've expired.
Then again, maybe they've changed their policies in the past six months.
> requires a valid U.S. physical non-commercial address for registration
Does it? I'm based in Ireland, and I haven't had to provide the with a valid US physical address, unless this is something new that they've brought in during the last half a year or so.
> and is subject to $79 for revocation fee.
Yup, that's the most annoying thing about dealing with them.
> Oh, it's definitely not automated, someone would have to email you back and force a couple times to complete the provision process.
I can't say I've had that issue myself. They're not as fast as I'd like, but I've never had any major problems with them.