SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?
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So I was tasked to renew our certificate, and was instructed to get Wildcard cert. Any idea where I can get them from? I never done this before so treat me as an amateur for this matter.
Here is something I found online from Trustwave.
https://ssl.trustwave.com/ssl-premium-ev.php
https://ssl.trustwave.com/ssl-premium-wildcard.phpBut when compared to Digicert's wildcard I feel like I am missing something important factor here.
https://www.digicert.com/welcome/wildcard-plus-compared.htm
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I used SSLS.COM recently and was very happy.
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What is SHA-2? What is Private key? How do I generate a private key?
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@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
What is SHA-2? What is Private key? How do I generate a private key?
What are you going to use the cert for?
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Without a very good reason you should never buying a wildcard SSL cert
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@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Without a very good reason you should never buying a wildcard SSL cert
And those "good" reasons are far less common now with LetsEncrypt as you can get as many non-wild ones as you need.
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@scottalanmiller said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Without a very good reason you should never buying a wildcard SSL cert
And those "good" reasons are far less common now with LetsEncrypt as you can get as many non-wild ones as you need.
Can you enlighten me on the LetsEncrypt?
Our certs are expiring soon so we need a new one. That's all. We currently have both EV and Wildcard cert.
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@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@scottalanmiller said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Without a very good reason you should never buying a wildcard SSL cert
And those "good" reasons are far less common now with LetsEncrypt as you can get as many non-wild ones as you need.
Can you enlighten me on the LetsEncrypt?
Our certs are expiring soon so we need a new one. That's all. We currently have both EV and Wildcard cert.
Free SSL certs!
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https://certbot.eff.org/ an easy way to get LetsEncrypt
Discussed here on ML
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@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@scottalanmiller said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Without a very good reason you should never buying a wildcard SSL cert
And those "good" reasons are far less common now with LetsEncrypt as you can get as many non-wild ones as you need.
Can you enlighten me on the LetsEncrypt?
Our certs are expiring soon so we need a new one. That's all. We currently have both EV and Wildcard cert.
EV is a marketing scam. No one I know cares about the green bar. Though, that said, no one I know pays attention to the padlock either. Users just know if the page loads or not.
Wildcard certs are useful only to those with a lot (and I mean a lot) of subdomain names setup. Or the lazy, take your pick.
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Thanks! If that works then that would save us some $$$.
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@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Wildcard certs are useful only to those with a lot (and I mean a lot) of subdomain names setup. Or the lazy, take your pick.
I normally pick lazy!
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How long has certBot and LetsEncrypt been around?
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@scottalanmiller said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Wildcard certs are useful only to those with a lot (and I mean a lot) of subdomain names setup. Or the lazy, take your pick.
I normally pick lazy!
Well prior to this new automated SSL stuff, it could potentially be cheaper to buy a single wildcard cert than it would be to pay a person's time to buy individual certs.
With automated SSL now available, the days of things like that are numbered.
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@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@scottalanmiller said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@JaredBusch said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
Wildcard certs are useful only to those with a lot (and I mean a lot) of subdomain names setup. Or the lazy, take your pick.
I normally pick lazy!
Well prior to this new automated SSL stuff, it could potentially be cheaper to buy a single wildcard cert than it would be to pay a person's time to buy individual certs.
With automated SSL now available, the days of things like that are numbered.
OH definitely, that's what we did until recently.
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@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
How long has certBot and LetsEncrypt been around?
Months. This is your first "renewal" where this would have applied. So you've not missed anything in the past. but the time to change processes is now
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@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
How long has certBot and LetsEncrypt been around?
About 6 months after I got my lazy wildcard cert, dang it all.
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@travisdh1 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
@LAH3385 said in SSL Certificates Wildcard... where do you get it from? $$$?:
How long has certBot and LetsEncrypt been around?
About 6 months after I got my lazy wildcard cert, dang it all.
Better than two before!
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Wildcard ssl cert easily available in the market and around in half price. You should check this blog post.
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Got LetsEncrypt support where my blog is hosted, small but great company. Auto-renewal every 90 days or so
