+1 for letsencrypt.org - I recently switched to HTTPS for all my
hosted server domains and was very happy to find a "letsencrypt"
package for Debian that automated the entire process. It even
auto-renews the cert for you.
On 1 February 2017 at 21:01, Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire
<hampshire@???> wrote:
> I'm not at all an expert on HTTPS, but if you're running a public web
> server now, the standard advice is to use letsencrypt
> (https://letsencrypt.org/ ) to create certificates. They're free and you
> can get them from an API, but unlike a self-signed certificate, it will
> be trusted by all major browsers.
>
> Thomas
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2017, at 08:58 PM, Stephen Davies via Hampshire wrote:
>> Along with the general move to using HTTPS I configured my webserver to
>> allow HTTPS connections.
>>
>> However one of my users reported this error.
>>
>> The certificate is not trusted because it is self-signed. The
>> certificate is only valid for bonzo.lan The certificate expired on 21
>> January 2017 at 13:51. The current time is 1 February 2017 at 20:49.
>> Error code: SEC_ERROR_UNKNOWN_ISSUER
>>
>>
>> Some expert guidance on how I can resolve this would be most welcome.
>> The system was built just over a year ago hence the certificate expiry.
>> As it said, the cert currently in use is self signed but as yet I've not
>> explicitly done anything regarding certs in the webserver.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Stephen Davies.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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