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holziusa



Joined: 02 Jan 2008
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PostPosted: Sun 08 Apr '12 15:50    Post subject: free ssl providers Reply with quote

fyi:free ssl providers
"startcom.org" recognized since 2009 by all browsers
have not tested yet
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Steffen
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Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Sun 08 Apr '12 16:10    Post subject: Reply with quote

Your url is wrong. Btw, why are used to put url's between quotes ?

Must be: http://www.startssl.com/

Using already for years a class 2 one.

Steffen
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holziusa



Joined: 02 Jan 2008
Posts: 48

PostPosted: Sun 08 Apr '12 16:21    Post subject: Reply with quote

habit i guess ..was the free one available two years ago...any issues....... had trouble with their site last night called # in Israel he sounded like he just got out of bed...probably was(-:
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA

PostPosted: Mon 09 Apr '12 2:28    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been using them for more than 5 years, and yes the free was was there back then. It however took a few years to get IE and Opera (being the last) to accept them.
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mike.0302



Joined: 18 Dec 2018
Posts: 1
Location: Indore

PostPosted: Tue 18 Dec '18 14:43    Post subject: Re: free ssl providers Reply with quote

holziusa wrote:
fyi: digi partners free ssl providers
"startcom.org" recognized since 2009 by all browsers
have not tested yet


Hello there,
these service providers provide ssl certificate-
www.freessl.com/
www.sslforfree.com/
geekflare.com/free-ssl-tls-certificate/
zerossl.com/

Thank you.
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Jan-E



Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1248
Location: Amsterdam, NL, EU

PostPosted: Thu 03 Jan '19 19:31    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hidden in the Bulletproof TLS Newsletter 48
https://www.feistyduck.com/bulletproof-tls-newsletter/issue_48_google_starts_cecpq2, there is a new Norwegian free SSL provider with the same services as Letsencrypt. Key difference: certificates are twice as long valid as those of Letsencrypt, 180 in stead of 90 days.

Buypass Go SSL
https://www.buypass.com/ssl/products/acme
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DnvrSysEngr



Joined: 15 Apr 2012
Posts: 215
Location: Denver, CO USA

PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 0:05    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jan-E:

Looks interesting, I think I may try it out - see if it is easy to get set up and running on Apache 2.4.37.

-S
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DnvrSysEngr



Joined: 15 Apr 2012
Posts: 215
Location: Denver, CO USA

PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 0:18    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, may scratch the idea as the client they recommend you use (CERTBOT) does not work on Windows.
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James Blond
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Location: Germany, Next to Hamburg

PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 9:48    Post subject: Reply with quote

There are several certbots for windows command line

See https://letsencrypt.org/docs/client-options/

@Steffen which bot do you use? I forgot
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Jan-E



Joined: 09 Mar 2012
Posts: 1248
Location: Amsterdam, NL, EU

PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 9:59    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steffen uses mod_md.so nowadays, which is hardcoded for Letsencrypt.
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Steffen
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PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 11:40    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope using https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme/
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DnvrSysEngr



Joined: 15 Apr 2012
Posts: 215
Location: Denver, CO USA

PostPosted: Fri 04 Jan '19 17:33    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tried latest Win-Acme. It is geared more towards IIS. There is a workaround for Apache (a bit awkward).

Ran into some snags with redirects. May play with it more this weekend to see if I can get it to work.
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Steffen
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Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Sun 06 Jan '19 14:57    Post subject: Reply with quote

DnvrSysEngr wrote:
Well, may scratch the idea as the client they recommend you use (CERTBOT) does not work on Windows.


You can try to set in httpd.conf:

MDCertificateAuthority https://api.buypass.com/acme/directory


https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/en/mod/mod_md.html#mdcertificateauthority
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DnvrSysEngr



Joined: 15 Apr 2012
Posts: 215
Location: Denver, CO USA

PostPosted: Mon 07 Jan '19 0:00    Post subject: Reply with quote

Steffen:

I am correct, mod_md is hard-coded to only use LetsEncrypt.

-S
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Steffen
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Location: Hilversum, NL, EU

PostPosted: Wed 16 Jan '19 14:03    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://scotthelme.co.uk/having-a-backup-ca-for-lets-encrypt/

In this article, although he uses certbot and acme_tiny, i noticed him mentioning a possible issue:

The Buypass ACME API endpoint isn't actually fully compliant with the spec and while other clients can tolerate that and still function, acme_tiny can't.
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Brian Gimbli



Joined: 11 Mar 2020
Posts: 4
Location: Houston

PostPosted: Mon 06 Apr '20 22:17    Post subject: Reply with quote

My provider include ssl in my account for one price with hosting. It's two service for one price.
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dpat99



Joined: 15 May 2023
Posts: 5

PostPosted: Thu 18 May '23 21:44    Post subject: Reply with quote

SSL should be free for all, I know some hostings take money for actually providing free SSL, so they basically do nothing and charge for it... Smile
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