In my opinion, Comodo SSL is one of the most compromised vendor of SSL certificates. A google search of "worst ssl certificates" will fill your page with Comodo results (https://goo.gl/ZrTvVx) . Even after so many issues I see that people/companies still buy it. What could be the reasons (apart from ignorance) for someone to Comodo over Let's Encrypt ?
Ask HN: Is there any reason to use Comodo SSL instead of Let's Encrypt?
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Re: Ask HN: Is there any reason to use Comodo SSL instead of Let's Encrypt?
#2Wildcard certificates.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any reason to use Comodo SSL instead of Let's Encrypt?
#3Wildcard certificates.
Wildcard certificates are coming to Let's Encrypt in Jan 2018 (https://letsencrypt.org/2017/07/06/wildcard-certificates-com...).
Also they are not as important with Let's Encrypt given that you can dynamically and instantly provision a certificate for a subdomain.
Without Let's Encrypt getting a certificate for each domain was costly and time consuming. Let's Encrypt solves both problems without using wildcard certificates.
Re: Ask HN: Is there any reason to use Comodo SSL instead of Let's Encrypt?
#4First of all, I would like to say about Google search results as you mentioned here. Google works on its algorithm and consider keyword and content. But, when you search ‘Worse SSL Certificate’ have you seen the result like meta title or description. As I did, I found Comodo has an article which include a word ‘Worse’ (One of the worst options to consider is a self-signed certificate. This is the article link https://goo.gl/9xNUvn.
Google is showing results because of the keyword ‘worse’. There is no direct mean of that.
Secondly, Comodo SSL Certificate is of course a good choice over let’s encrypt. You can get Let’s Encrypt SSL for free for 90 days. Comodo also offers free trial SSL for 90 days. If you want a paid SSL for a year, Comodo has a better solution as PositiveSSL ($7.45yr) with multiple feature which you’ll not have with any other free SSL Certificate.
Price reference https://comodosslstore.com/positivessl.aspx