[BlueOnyx:18741] Re: SSL Certificates (via Let's Encrypt) - available for 5209R

[Chris Gebhardt - VIRTBIZ Internet]

On 12/5/2015 9:15 PM, Michael Stauber wrote:
> The BlueOnyx 5209R version of base-ssl now supports generation and
> auto-renewal of the free "Let's Encrypt!" SSL certificates through the GUI.

After looking through this thread and the Let's Encrypt website, I have 
mixed feelings on this.

On one hand, we have a CA offering free certificates.  And that's neat. 
  Everybody seems to like free.   Heck, I love a good deal.

On the other hand, it seems like this has a long way to go in order to 
make it practical for a business use.  This falls in line with my 
feelings toward repurposing that old Cobalt RaQ to run a "modern" OS and 
maybe kludge BlueOnyx onto it.   Can it be made to work?  Yeah, 
probably.  With enough effort almost anything is possible.     But is it 
worth it?   It's hard for me to make a business case for it.

Now, if you're a hobbyist, and you think it's fun to tinker with stuff, 
then go for it.  More power to you.   But for me, I think I'll continue 
to spend a few bucks on a certificate that I don't have to renew every 
X-days or run some sort of add-on software to support it.

If I can't afford a few bucks for a certificate that means one of two 
things.  Either (a) it's a hobby project and the self-signed certificate 
that is no less secure will do just fine or (b) I really need to 
re-evaluate my business, because if I can't afford an inexpensive SSL 
cert I'm really doing something wrong!

This is just my opinion, based on a business case, and reasonable people 
have been known to disagree with matters of opinion.

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