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Paid SSL vs Letsencrypt (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 month ago by brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I'm curious what the benefits are of paying for SSL certificates vs using a free provider such as letsencrypt.

What exactly are you trusting a cert provider with and what are the security implications? What attack vectors do you open yourself up to when trusting a certificate authority with your websites' certificates?

In what way could it benefit security and/or privacy to utilize a paid service?

And finally, which paid SSL providers are considered trustworthy?

I know Digicert is a big player, but their prices are insane. Comodo seems like a good affordable option, but is it a trustworthy company?

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[-] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, that.. I think i'm using it but it seems.to expect a response from 80 when all I have there is a redirect to 443.

I thought you meant an nginx plugin.

[-] r00ty@kbin.life 3 points 1 month ago

I have auto redirect to 443. But --nginx works fine. I think it overrides stuff for whatever the specific url used is.

[-] Shimitar@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago

Yes you need both 80 and 443 for certbot to work. Anyway having 80 to redirect to 443 is common and not a security risk.

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