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Paid SSL vs Letsencrypt
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this post was submitted on 12 Sep 2024
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I've been doing home networking for many years now and the public Domain + Cloudflare DNS + Let's Encrypt is the easiest it's ever been.
Can't argue against that.
However, I prefer local domain names accessible via Wireguard with self-signed certs. I like to understand how everything works under the hood !
Also, I'm broke AF and buying a domain name (even cheap ones) are out of my budget :(.
Numeric .xyz domains only cost $1 a year. They're not great for things like mail because they're often used by spammers (probably because of the price), but it's great for cheap signed DNS hostnames.
I point it to the server on my local network and use Wireguard to connect myself.