On 18/08/2017 17:12, voytek@sbt.net.au wrote:
BUT, for a public web server where https is becoming mandatory, I'd still need a certificate from a recognized publisher, to avoid users geting 'warnings', is that so ?
(I'm currently using self issued for both mail and web)
thanks,
V
It depends on what you're uses are, self signed certs are OK for smtp/pop3/imap, since most people are just concerned with "encryption" in that case, but a different story if its web content, in particular, shopping carts and the like, If you have clients content, definitely use a real cert, maybe in 10 years letsencrypt might make the grade, but until every bit of software and OS supports it and they offer insurance levels like the bi boys do, you might as well be using a self signed cert, comodo are pretty cheap with basic insurance level on even the most basic of their offerings. Do your research, though if using a paid service, since some others are soon to be un-trusted.
-- Kind Regards,
Noel Butler
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