If you are automating the process, it has no impact on your environment, maintenance, or administrative costs.
The only reason I could see a short lifespan of the certificates being an issue is if you were manually caring and feeding them. >From LE: "At launch all certificates will have a lifetime of exactly 90 days. Post launch we will possibly offer more options, but they will likely be on the shorter side rather than the longer side. Part of the rationale for the 90 day number is that when certs are renewed only once a year, a lot can change. The person in charge might forget how to do it, or leave the organization, or change email addresses, etc. A shorter lifetime will hopefully encourage people to automate the renewal process, and we'll provide tools to help with that." I am in no way shape or form related to or affiliated with LE or the EFF, however, my opinion is very positive in terms of the links I chose to share with this list. It would be interesting to hear more about this negative perspective. ~Steven On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Steven Haigh <[email protected]> wrote: > On 14/07/2016 9:11 PM, Steven Miano wrote: > > https://letsencrypt.org/ > > > > Free SSL certificates, 90 days before renewal, and extremely convenient > > renewal procedures. > > 90 day renewal is the only reason I will never touch or recommend Lets > Encrypt. > > StartSSL's free certs are valid for 1 year. > > > > > Toolkit for ease of use: > > > > https://certbot.eff.org/ > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:52 AM, Steven Haigh <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > And if you want a nice toolkit to make it easier: > > https://github.com/CRCinAU/startapi > > > > On 14/07/2016 7:30 PM, Enrico M.V. Fasanelli wrote: > > > https://www.startssl.com > > > > > > Ciao, > > > > > > Enrico > > > > > >> On 14 Jul 2016, at 11:22, Ian A Taylor <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> > wrote: > > >> > > >> Sir/Madam > > >> > > >> Can anyone recommend where I can get a free SSL certificate. > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Thanking you. > > >> > > >> Yours sincerely > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Ian Taylor > > >> University of St.Andrews, > > >> School of Physics & Astronomy, > > >> North Haugh, > > >> St.Andrews, > > >> Fife KY16 9SS, > > >> Scotland. > > >> > > >> e-Mail :- [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > >> Tel :- (0)1334-463141 > > >> Fax :- (0)1334-463104 > > >> > > >> The University of St Andrews > > >> is a charity registered in > > >> Scotland : No SC013532. > > > > > > -- > > > Keep Ithaka always in your mind. > > > Arriving there is what you are destined for. (Konstantinos P. > > Kavafis). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Steven Haigh > > > > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Web: https://www.crc.id.au > > Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Miano, Steven M. > > http://stevenmiano.com > > -- > Steven Haigh > > Email: [email protected] > Web: https://www.crc.id.au > Phone: (03) 9001 6090 - 0412 935 897 >
