[Updated 11/17 to reflect deprecation of Let’s Encrypt Mac OSX client.] What’s not to love about the free SSL certificates from Let’s Encrypt? They’re pretty simple to install, they’re secure, and — best of all — they’re free. The only downside is that they’re good for just 90 days (they do have their reasons) so […]
[Updated 11/17 to reflect deprecation of Let’s Encrypt Mac OSX client.] Thanks to Let’s Encrypt, free, reliable SSL certificates are now widely available. And while some hosting companies (like Dreamhost) have made the process of installing and renewing Let’s Encrypt certificates point-and-click simple, others <cough>GoDaddy</cough> aren’t quite so forward-thinking, so one has to get one’s […]
[Updated 11/17 to reflect deprecation of Let’s Encrypt Mac OSX client.] While it’s preferrable to install Electronic Frontier Foundation‘s certbot* on your hosting environment (so certificate renewal can be automated via cron), you’ll need root access to do so, in order to install dependencies. For those situations where that’s not possible, (such as a site hosted […]