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I'm sorry but I wouldn't call certificates with a lifetime of 90 days practical and I'm a developer. Let's Encrypt is still far from being convenient and usabl

by LunaSea 10y ago

I'm sorry but I wouldn't call certificates with a lifetime of 90 days practical and I'm a developer. Let's Encrypt is still far from being convenient and usable for small companies or individuals that don't want to manage infrastructures and administration like writing a cron job that refreshes your certificate.

clarry 10y ago
Yes that one liner takes so much effort to write [EDIT: copy from one of the bazillion articles that have already done it for you]. That's why we can't have security. It takes too much effort.
- Jaruzel 10y ago
  For fun, next time you are on public transport, or sitting in an airport lounge, stand up and ask loudly 'Does anyone know what cron is?" The lack of raised hands, should answer for you why LetsEncrypt is not ready for mainstream use. Until Cert renewal is baked into all the hosting apps/platforms - HTTPs will never be ubiquitous.
  - inimino 10y ago
    Most of those people don't host their own websites, either.
    - fiatjaf 10y ago
      But there are some who do. Not that they host it with their own computers, but they rent some space online and host it there.
cm3 10y ago
uMatrix offers a feature to randomly pick a UA every 5 minutes from a set of known UAs. This works, although GMail might complain about the UA being too old. Reloading GMail resolves that. EDIT: Replied to the wrong parent, please ignore in this context.
- sp332 10y ago
  I'm pretty sure you replied to the wrong comment. Or I'm more lost than I thought... EDIT: You can't delete comments with replies anymore. It's very annoying.
  - cm3 10y ago
    I did, sorry. And I cannot delete it, will amend the comment and find and comment in the right context.