Myroslav Opyr added the comment: Hi,
StartSSL used to offer Free SSL certificates for years already. The problems (issues to remember) with their certificates are: 1. Revocation is not free, thus it's better to keep key safe. 2. They can refuse to issue free certificate if they consider the certificate they are expected to issue to be used to protect financial transactions (or other commercial stuff), i.e. restrictions apply. 3. Free SSL certificate will contain an e-mail of person who requested the certificate 4. For Domain Control validation (mandatory check) one should have access to either of the e-mail addresses: postmas...@python.org, webmas...@python.org, hostmas...@python.org as they send e-mail with validation code to one of them. 5. Certificate is valid for 1 year only, and have to be reissued (no renewal, but reissuing, with same process like original one) not sooner then 14 days before previous expires. This can be inconvenient in case of some vacation schedules clash. 6. Account at StartSSL is protected with client SSL certificate, that should be taken care of the person requesting the Free SSL certificate, i.e. there is no "standard" login/password to share between PC/laptop, but client SSL certificate to export/backup/restore/import. One should not forget about that personal certificate renewal as well. Some of the items above become less inconvenient with their paid tiers, but we're talking about free SSL certificates. Regards, m. On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:36 AM, Martin v. Löwis < metatrac...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> wrote: > > Martin v. Löwis added the comment: > > What is FreeSSL, and how do I get them to issue a free certificate? > > ---------- > nosy: +loewis > status: unread -> chatting > > _______________________________________________________ > PSF Meta Tracker <metatrac...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> > <http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue527> > _______________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Tracker-discuss mailing list > Tracker-discuss@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss > ---------- nosy: +myroslav _______________________________________________________ PSF Meta Tracker <metatrac...@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> <http://psf.upfronthosting.co.za/roundup/meta/issue527> _______________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tracker-discuss mailing list Tracker-discuss@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tracker-discuss
