[Cialug] SSL Certs

Jeffrey Ollie jeff at ocjtech.us
Mon Apr 9 14:17:18 UTC 2018


Certbot/Let's Encrypt is so easy wildcard certs are unnecessary. Just for
my personal use at home I have around 40 certificates for different domains.

On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:11 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> I will probably end up with just a regular wildcard, as I have more than a
> couple of subdomains.
>
> I'm going to look into certbot. If I can trust it, then I would go with
> letsencrypt and let it "auto-majically" install a new cert every three
> months.
>
> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:03 AM, Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Can also just use -d domain multiple times for every subdomain you want
> to
> > apply to the cert
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:02 AM Kyle H <khamil8686 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > They support wildcards with their new acme v2 protocol I've read. You
> > will
> > > have to check out the certbot git repo for the newest. If you find it,
> > let
> > > me know and I'll do the same if i get to looking later
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 9:01 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> I did some checking some this morning and I don't see an EV wildcard
> > cert.
> > >> Which when you think about, kinda defeats the purpose.
> > >>
> > >> Why do you trust digicert more than Commodo?  (sidenote: the Commodo
> > >> website is really confusing..)
> > >>
> > >> :) Dave
> > >>
> > >> On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 8:56 AM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > On Mon, Apr 9, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > I'm thinking I'd like an EV cert, but they are pricey. The commodo
> > >> cert
> > >> > is
> > >> > > 427.00
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> > If you really _need_ a EV cert, I'd go with DigiCert as they are
> > cheaper
> > >> > anyway and I trust them more. I've never gotten an EV cert before
> so i
> > >> > can't say how tough the process is, but there is going to be some
> > >> > rigamarole. Even for the prices that DigiCert is charging, I'd have
> to
> > >> > justify the cost based on some income. Even Google isn't using EV
> > certs
> > >> (I
> > >> > checked www.google.com and mail.google.com).
> > >> >
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