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Paid SSL vs Letsencrypt (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I'm curious what the benefits are of paying for SSL certificates vs using a free provider such as letsencrypt.

What exactly are you trusting a cert provider with and what are the security implications? What attack vectors do you open yourself up to when trusting a certificate authority with your websites' certificates?

In what way could it benefit security and/or privacy to utilize a paid service?

And finally, which paid SSL providers are considered trustworthy?

I know Digicert is a big player, but their prices are insane. Comodo seems like a good affordable option, but is it a trustworthy company?

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's frankly silly. Let's encrypt makes sure you control either the domain or a server the domain points to.

Almost all of the internet uses Let's encrypt

[–] d416@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Let’s encrypt makes sure you control either the domain or a server the domain points to

‘ Control’ but not own, which leaves it open to criminal activity. In contrast, a SSL certificate authority will ask for multiple pieces of ID for corporate registrants including articles of incorporation.