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He states "We invented the 90 day free ssl. Why are they copying our business model of 90 day free ssl is the question! Comodo has provided and built a Free SSL
by zackboe 10y ago
He states "We invented the 90 day free ssl. Why are they copying our business model of 90 day free ssl is the question! Comodo has provided and built a Free SSL model that give SSL for free for 90 days since 2007!"
I was curious because I had never heard of anyone providing free SSL other than StartSSL before Let's Encrypt (and Amazon).
It's a trial. No free renewals, manual or automatic.
"Free SSL certificates are valid for 90 days and are limited to one issuance per domain."
https://www.comodo.com/e-commerce/ssl-certificates/free-ssl-certificate.php https://www.comodo.com/e-commerce/ssl-certificates/free-ssl-...
- pfg 10y agoWoSign offers free certificates as well.
- zackboe 10y agoAh, you're right. I vaguely thought I was missing someone else.
- simbalion 10y agoThere's a few free SSL providers, not including the various shared hosting services which offer free SSL. Let's Encrypt is significant because their certificate is "trusted" in all browsers. The free SSL CAs that I'm familiar with are not "trusted" in any browsers.
- pfg 10y agoWoSign and StartCom are actually included in all major root programs.
- craigvn 10y ago90 day free ssl is not really the same as free forever. It is really just a free trial which they didn't invent.
- eeeeeeeeeeeee 10y agoHe's either being disingenuous or he's terribly misinformed about how things work. Either one is unacceptable for the CEO of a major certificate provider. Also, I feel even better about dropping ALL of my Comodo certs and switching to Lets Encrypt. I can't wait to never have to go to the Comodo website again.
- jsmeaton 10y ago> He's either being disingenuous or he's terribly misinformed He's trying to register the Lets Encrypt trademark and deflecting with "but they didn't so we can". I don't think there's a question of being disingenuous.
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- taf2 10y agothis/hacker news is a Comodo SSL website...
- viraptor 10y agoCan you already use let's encrypt with cloudflare? (HN uses it for protection)
- pfg 10y agoYou can use any custom certificate, but you'll need the Business ($200/month) plan.
- viraptor 10y agoTo be more precise, I meant "is there a way to automatically manage CF certificate from LE". There are many ways to manage local certs (or update things by hand), but if you can't automatically update the CF one, it's going to be a bit of a problem.