Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

#1

Post by maurosicard » Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 3:12 PM UTC

I want to install SSL on all my sites, but I am wondering where should I buy the certificate?

Some people suggest Let's Encrypt, but anothers say as it is free it does not work very well.

What do you suggest?

Re: Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

#2

Post by onion2k » Wed, Apr 13, 2016, 3:21 PM UTC

anothers say as it is free it does not work very well

There is literally no difference between a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate and the basic paid product from any other signing authority.

Re: Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

#3

Post by nnrocks » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 5:06 AM UTC

I suggest you to buy from https://www.cheapsslshop.com/ Cheapest price and best customer support.

Re: Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

#4

Post by kevinjohnson11 » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:23 AM UTC

I recommend to buy your SSL Certificate from https://comodosslstore.com/ that offer all types of SSL including DV, OV and EV SSL at cheap price.

Here you can get

- 30 days money back - 24x7 support - EV SSL @ $99/yr - Unlimited reissue - Price match guarantee

Whereas you can get free certificates for a limited time such as 30 days or 90 days and you have to keep focus on its renewal all time. So, a Comodo SSL Certificate is the best option to secure your website at cheap price with the highest level of encryption.

Re: Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

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Post by kevinmitnick » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 8:31 AM UTC

Lets encrypt will work find, but they are offering SSL for 90 days only. That means you need to reissue your certificate for each 90 days of interval. This will become more hectic. And if you forgot to reissue your website will no longer be encrypted.

It will be better to get SSL Certificate from trusted SSL Certificate Authorities.

Here's the comparison of Domain Validated SSL Certificate of Trusted Certificate Authority - https://aboutssl.org/comparison-of-domain-validated-dv-ssl-c....

Re: Ask HN: Which is the best place to get your SSL certificate?

#6

Post by PaulBurke » Thu, Apr 14, 2016, 9:10 AM UTC

Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate is not recommended for business level websites, as it is limited for domain validation only.

It’s depends on you. If you have a small website just go with domain validated SSL Certificate which start under $5.

If you have an eCommerce based website, then go with Organization Validation (available under $30) or EV SSL Certificate (available at $99).

I would recommend CheapSSLSecurity (https://cheapsslsecurity.com/) where you can get your choice SSL Certificate at lowest price with instant technical support.