Is there any upside to Let's Encrypt on a personal server?
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Is there any upside to Let's Encrypt on a personal server? It seems like a big hassle for nothing.
IMO no
>>55306354
>I'm literally retarded: the thread
>>55306354
Depends. I think it's always a good idea to encrypt. Unless you want your documents stolen
Not unless you care about people possibly sniffing your traffic. You might not, but at the very least it's a good thing to know how to do.
Plus hey really, free HTTPS on your personal server, neat.
Why not? It's free and only has benefits.
>>55306354
faggot
Free cert, easily renewable by cron.
What else do you need ?
If you want to use HTTPS/2, you'll need SSL certs.
HTTPS/2 are faster than older HTTP(S).
>>55306354
>using cleartext
Are you retarded?
>>55307169
Who cares. It's not like I'm hosting a terrorist forum or a CP exchange.
I've got it running on my vps.
I don't have it on my home servers since none of them are open to the Internet except for a tf2 replay server, and if I need to access my servers I just ssh tunnel or vpn in.
>>55306354 On a personal server its perfectly safe to use self signed cert. Otherwise get a proper one.
>>55307519
>It's not like I'm hosting a terrorist forum or a CP exchange.
Really?
Shit!
>>55306354
>big hassle./lets-encrypt-auto -d mydomain.com
literally one fucking command
>>55307942
a proper cert is one given by an authority sanctioned by cisco and many other tech companies aka lets encrypt