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It's rather disingenious to say that an SSL cert is $200, when in reality a domain-verified cert goes for about $20. Hardly anyone interested in Namecoin would be needing EV certs.

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A wildcard cert, which you would likely want/need if you're running a business, does indeed go for about $200 (that's the minimum I've seen it, if you have a cheaper source it would make me very happy :))

I would want wildcard cert if I have over 10 public facing domain names. And if I have that many, $200 is not an issue.

I mean... your cost argument is weak, almost meaningless. Just focus on the trust angle, it's a reason enough against PKI/SSL.

http://www.startssl.com/

is that actually accepted by browsers now?

IIRC they used to have a ridiculously awful method for revoking a cert. Is that still the case?

StartSSL's certs are accepted by browsers and revoking a free cert costs $24.90.

That brings it down to $59.90.

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