Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates

[SimonMac]

Anyone got an experience of this?

https://letsencrypt.org/

Vidahost are offering it free if I transfer from an old legacy package to their new Cloud Hosting, I need to change anyway as the version of PHP they offer on legacy servers are out of support.

Ultimately I would like to move to EV certificates, but given I have a number of different sub domains the total price racks up to get them all "green barred" which seems to be the minimum standard people expect these days.

 

[NickFitz]

I know a lot of people using it successfully, and am planning on using it myself. The most important thing is to keep on top of certificate renewal, as they only last (IIRC) three months. But if it's being offered by your hosting provider, they should have that automated, and it's trivial to automate it yourself if they leave that up to you.

 

[SimonMac]

I know a lot of people using it successfully, and am planning on using it myself. The most important thing is to keep on top of certificate renewal, as they only last (IIRC) three months. But if it's being offered by your hosting provider, they should have that automated, and it's trivial to automate it yourself if they leave that up to you.

Install Let's Encrypt standard Domain Validation Certificates (HTTPS), free of charge. Let's Encrypt Certificates are simple to install, recognised by all major browsers and will auto-renew every 90 days

The site does not handle any financial data on the site, its all mainly username and passwords, so it's better than nothing I suppose

 

[amanwhoisquiet]

there's a list of supporting hosts on the site. I'm on namecheap and they don't let you do it - at least it's on the list as not letting you.

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/web-hosting-who-support-lets-encrypt/6920

 

[AtW]

seems to be the minimum standard people expect these days.

No, it isn't, even though SSL sellers would like you to believe that.