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And it's so easy for anyone nowadays to get SSL with Let's Encrypt... I remember a few years ago when there was no way you could do it for side projects becaus

And it's so easy for anyone nowadays to get SSL with Let's Encrypt... I remember a few years ago when there was no way you could do it for side projects because certs were 100/yr., now they're free.

megy 9y ago
It is not easy if you are on a shared domain and it is not supported by your host. Please don't run around saying it is easy for everyone.
- peterkelly 9y ago
  If you're on a host that doesn't support HTTPS, you should probably find a different one.
  - deleted 9y ago
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  - alvah 9y ago
    Hostgator, to give one fairly large example, does support HTTPS, but only their expensive option, not Lets Encrypt.
    - masklinn 9y ago
      If you're on hostgator, you definitely need to find a different host.
- giancarlostoro 9y ago
  I have a shared hosting provider that lets me use Let's Encrypt certs on any of my domains through CPanel even. For anyone interested : http://buyshared.net http://buyshared.net I'm only a customer for small niche sites, not associated in any other way, works fine enough for my needs.
  - masklinn 9y ago
    Same with webfaction and I expect pretty much all non-shit hosts. Only annoyance (at least with webfaction) is that they don't currently support letsencrypt auto-renewal, so you have to remember to update your cert manually every 12 weeks.
- bshacklett 9y ago
  Cloudflare has you covered here. If you don't like them, there are many other options as well. If you have anything more important than a blog that doesn't have https enabled, you need to rethink how you're doing things.