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Unfortunately, StartSSL appear to be claiming that the SSL certificates themselves are free, and that they are only charging for the validation process - and wh
by ealexhudson 10y ago
Unfortunately, StartSSL appear to be claiming that the SSL certificates themselves are free, and that they are only charging for the validation process - and while validation is potentially valuable, if you are unable to issue an SSL certificate that can make use of it, it seems limited.
To say this is "shady practice" is putting it nicely; I daresay few but the keenest observers would pick up the problem.
- justinclift 10y agoWell, the "we charge for the validation, not the certificates" approach is how they've done things for ages. Prior to the clusterfk of becoming untrusted by Mozilla (etc), it was really useful. Once verified you could generate many certificates (subdomains, etc) without forking over cash each time. Compared to the general (scam-like?) model of other providers, it seems like a sane alternative. Now they're untrusted though, it's kind of moot. :(
- happywolf 10y agoMaybe a bit off-topic, I encountered a pretty rude experience with StartSSL's free certificate validation process and from then on I would rather pay some money to other vendors than getting a free cert from StartSSL. But I have been using Let's Encrypt which is pretty automated, and did I say it is totally free? Awesome is a word I will describe this kick-ass product.