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    Need SSL cert - What's next best?

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    • ObsolesceO
      Obsolesce @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

      @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

      Users would access the https stuff over web browser, but agents on their computers would be trying to connect to the same server.domain.com over some custom port, lets say 52274 for example.

      Which you'd not point to the proxy. So that's easily fixed by not existing as a problem in the first place 🙂

      I haven't given it much thought yet, but ya you're right. It's a non issue.

      appliance.domain.com points to the public IP. Port 443 gets forwarded to the reverse proxy, port 52274 gets forwarded to the appliance.

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        marcinozga @Obsolesce
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        @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

        @marcinozga said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

        Can you put reverse proxy in front of that appliance and automate certs on proxy?

        Hmm, perhaps. I didn't think of that, but there are other services besides https that the proxy would need to pass through to the server then. Is that possible? Users would access the https stuff over web browser, but agents on their computers would be trying to connect to the same server.domain.com over some custom port, lets say 52274 for example.

        Yes, it can be done, with Nginx for example.

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        • ObsolesceO
          Obsolesce @dbeato
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          @dbeato said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

          One thing, if you don't want automation but want free SSL you can use ZeroSSL
          https://zerossl.com/
          but you need to install it every 90 days since it is LE.

          That would still be an issue here. I'll just go the reverse proxy route with NGINX. Full automation with LE means zero maintenance. No automation with LE means way too much maintenance. 2-year SSL cert from somewhere else means less maintenance, but costs.

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          • dbeatoD
            dbeato @Obsolesce
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            @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

            @dbeato said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

            One thing, if you don't want automation but want free SSL you can use ZeroSSL
            https://zerossl.com/
            but you need to install it every 90 days since it is LE.

            That would still be an issue here. I'll just go the reverse proxy route with NGINX. Full automation with LE means zero maintenance. No automation with LE means way too much maintenance. 2-year SSL cert from somewhere else means less maintenance, but costs.

            Yeah, I am giving you the orher alternatives that make it so much easier to use a proxy for it.

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            • dbeatoD
              dbeato @Obsolesce
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              @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

              @dbeato said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

              I have been using Namecheap
              https://www.namecheap.com/security/ssl-certificates.aspx

              Or Godaddy at times.

              What's their root ca?

              For Godaddy they are their own and NameCheap uses Comodo.

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              • stacksofplatesS
                stacksofplates
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                Cloudflare does free SSL. That's what I used for my blog since it's GitLab pages and you can't automate the LetsEncrypt part with them. It's valid for I think 15 years.

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                • ObsolesceO
                  Obsolesce @stacksofplates
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                  @stacksofplates said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                  Cloudflare does free SSL. That's what I used for my blog since it's GitLab pages and you can't automate the LetsEncrypt part with them. It's valid for I think 15 years.

                  Wow really?

                  I'll see if I can find that.

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                  • ObsolesceO
                    Obsolesce @stacksofplates
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                    @stacksofplates said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                    Cloudflare does free SSL. That's what I used for my blog since it's GitLab pages and you can't automate the LetsEncrypt part with them. It's valid for I think 15 years.

                    It's only free for personal websites, this would be for production use.

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                    • ObsolesceO
                      Obsolesce
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                      I can't just get the cert?

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                      • stacksofplatesS
                        stacksofplates
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                        That must be for CDN. DNS is free along with the stuff like certs.

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                        • stacksofplatesS
                          stacksofplates @Obsolesce
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                          @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                          I can't just get the cert?

                          You have to set your domain up in it.

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                          • dbeatoD
                            dbeato @Obsolesce
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                            @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                            @stacksofplates said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                            Cloudflare does free SSL. That's what I used for my blog since it's GitLab pages and you can't automate the LetsEncrypt part with them. It's valid for I think 15 years.

                            It's only free for personal websites, this would be for production use.

                            0_1537558852487_1d52ae71-8507-4563-8f33-58046fc73ece-image.png

                            Free for Business too, read the description 🙂

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                            • scottalanmillerS
                              scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                              @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                              I can't just get the cert?

                              They dont' provide certs, they are a CDN.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
                                last edited by

                                @stacksofplates said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                I can't just get the cert?

                                You have to set your domain up in it.

                                They did this new wording a few days ago.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @Obsolesce
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                                  @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                  @stacksofplates said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                  Cloudflare does free SSL. That's what I used for my blog since it's GitLab pages and you can't automate the LetsEncrypt part with them. It's valid for I think 15 years.

                                  Wow really?

                                  I'll see if I can find that.

                                  You just set it up and turn your cloud orange. There is nothing to install.

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                                  • dbeatoD
                                    dbeato @scottalanmiller
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                                    @scottalanmiller said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                    @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                    I can't just get the cert?

                                    They dont' provide certs, they are a CDN.

                                    They can provide you the Origin SSL cert that only works using their CDN.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @dbeato
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                                      @dbeato said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                      @scottalanmiller said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                      @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                      I can't just get the cert?

                                      They dont' provide certs, they are a CDN.

                                      They can provide you the Origin SSL cert that only works using their CDN.

                                      Oh, didn't know. But makes sense.

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                        @dbeato said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                        @obsolesce said in Need SSL cert - What's next best?:

                                        I can't just get the cert?

                                        They dont' provide certs, they are a CDN.

                                        They can provide you the Origin SSL cert that only works using their CDN.

                                        Oh, didn't know. But makes sense.

                                        Not new. Had this for a while.

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                                        • ingmarkoecherI
                                          ingmarkoecher @Obsolesce
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                                          @obsolesce I've had a good experience with https://www.sslpoint.com - they're not widely known but we've used them for a few certs over the last 3 years or so (mostly Exchange) and it worked well. The prices are pretty reasonable and support is great (which in most cases you probably won't need).

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                                          • PhlipElderP
                                            PhlipElder @Obsolesce
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                                            @obsolesce
                                            www.gogetssl.com
                                            Cheap like borscht.

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