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| Fungus:
--- Quote from: bd139 on October 02, 2017, 08:28:42 am ---2. Doesn't require running a VM or infrastructure. 6. Cheapish. --- End quote --- Pick one. |
| bd139:
I think people forget the old web hoster model which is still valid, you know before the rise of the VPS. It's called PaaS now :) |
| amspire:
For modern websites, you need a SSL certificate. The decision is what kind you want and whether you want to pay for the certificate or use the free Let's Encrypt certificates. If you only need a certificate for the domain.name and www.domain.name, certificates can be very cheap from companies like Namecheap. If you need a wildcard certificate or fully validated EV certificates, you can be looking at paying a fair amount per year. If you are purchasing commercial SSL certificates, then you only need to find hosting companies that allow you to self-install the certificates and hopefully most good hosting companies now offer this. You should not have to pay a fee to install certificates. The Let's Encrypt certificates are totally free, supported by browsers, very secure and you can add extra sub-domains (like mail.domain.name, downloads.domain.name, etc) but they have to be regenerated every three months and it is the lowest level of SSL certificate validadation - you only have to prove you control the website for validation. The three months is intentional - if your site is compromised, then at least the maximum time fake certificates can last is 3 months even if you do not try and revoke the certificates. Many hosting companies offer integrated Let's Encrypt support. It appears Webfaction probably doesn't have Cpanel Let's Encrypt-type support yet, but they do offer an API that is able to install certificates, so it is possible to auto-renew the certificates with scripting. https://community.webfaction.com/questions/19988/using-letsencrypt Richard |
| bd139:
Good points. I've got a task list item to set up letsencrypt already actually. I've done it numerous times on AWS EC2 instances but not with webfaction (yet). Should be relatively easy. |
| EEVblog:
I just want to validate gnif's offer. He manages the entire EEVblog website and forum server and backup system, and would without a doubt offer the most personal service possible. Worth at least getting an EU quote from him. The problem with the big hosts is the less than personal service when things go wrong or you need something done. |
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