Sorta OT - Cheap certificate authority?

[Thomas Cameron]

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
Verisign and to get a basic SSL cert from them is going to cost more
than the whole hardware budget for the project!

Anyone have any recommendations for a cheap CA?  Is there such a thing?

To put this on-topic, it will be hosted on a Fedora box.  :-)

Cheers!
Thomas