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> free certs exists already (startssl) Nitpick: not for businesses. If you're asking for a certificate for anything that they may suspect has slight relation t
by drdaeman 11y ago
> free certs exists already (startssl)
Nitpick: not for businesses. If you're asking for a certificate for anything that they may suspect has slight relation to any commercial activity, the request will be denied. It may be accepted by chance, but that's unreliable.
Companies who don't want to pay currently have only single option - WoSign, and they had started to give out free certificates relatively recently (I heard of them only this February)
- codingminds 11y agoWe use StartSSL for many business domains and never had any problems
- nailer 11y agoThe main thing is your use is outside StartCom's policy. See https://www.startssl.com/policy.pdf https://www.startssl.com/policy.pdf > Class 1 certificates are limited to client and server certificates, whereas the later is restricted in its usage for non-commercial purpose only. Subscribers MUST upgrade to Class 2 or higher level for any domain and site of commercial nature, when using high-profile brands and names or if involved in obtaining or relaying sensitive information such as health records, financial details, personal information etc. StartSSL will make you pay to revoke a certificate if you need to.
- codingminds 11y agoGood point. Interesting, that they never complained about it when we had to resolve some other issues with the cert master
- bryanlarsen 11y agoThey have some sort of regex they use to flag business domains. For example, if your domain contains the word 'billing', then they won't give you a cert.
- SG- 11y agothey reject the certificate request if they check the domain and there's content indicating it's a commercial business. if it's an empty site then you're ok.