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Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by demoonkevin on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:08PM (#15169110)
The problem about the free Cloudflare SSL certificate is that you share it with a lot of other sites, most of then with "strange" purposes...
Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by vtlynch on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:15PM (#15169148)
This is a common concern, but in reality, it does not mean anything. "Sharing" your cert with a weird site is similar as taking the same bus route as someone who is bad.

From a security standpoint, there is little to no risk. Worst case scenario one of the other sites is doing something that results in the cert being revoked... and I imagine CloudFlare has a way to just move you (and everyone else) onto another cert seamlessly.

Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by mrkurt on Monday September 04, 2017 @01:16PM (#15169527)
I dunno, it _mostly_ doesn't mean anything, but the day I discovered my site hostname listed next to phishing and porn sites was the day I didn't want to use CloudFlare's free certs anymore. Sure not many people will see the SANs on a cert, and there's nothing wrong with porn using SSL, I just don't want to cobrand with them. :D
Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by corobo on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @02:59AM (#15181729)
So pay for the package that doesn't do that
Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by mrkurt on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:38PM (#15188023)
That would be silly since I now run a competitor — with a free tier that doesn't do that. :D
Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by corobo on Thursday September 07, 2017 @07:54AM (#15190940)
Hah. I really should read usernames before responding.

I actually know of your competitor (fly.io, right?) and am giving it a test for something I'm working on that needs the hostname support after Cloudflare got me legging it when they said their hostname system was for the Enterprise plan.

Re:Switching Your Site to HTTPS on a Shoestring Budget by mrkurt on Thursday September 07, 2017 @05:03PM (#15195691)
That's it! How funny. Send me an email and let me know how it goes: [email protected]