BAH THEY DONE FUCKED UP

  • StartCom sold out and let WoSign buy them up
  • WoSign backdated certs to get them grandfathered for some dumb reason
  • Mozilla and Google and Apple caught them and dropped support for them
  • alternativeto.net/software/startssl pointed me to Let’s Encrypt – LOOKS GOOD
  • there is also https://www.sslforfree.com/ which is a layer around Let’s Encrypt (no need? we’ll see…)

The king is dead, long live the king!

  • Whoa… it uses a BOT… from EFF.  Yay!
  • Whoa… certs are only good for 90 days!  Time to automate renewal!

Let’s take this to the wiki

 

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