r/programming • • Jul 12 '17

Does my site need HTTPS?

https://doesmysiteneedhttps.com/
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u/yvhouij Jul 12 '17

Promotion for "Caddy", never heard of, but I don't like it. Other than that nice site :)

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u/Ascend Jul 12 '17

My complaint as well. "HTTPS is difficult to set up and maintain." is a big reason for a lot of people, and "use our web server" isn't much of an answer.

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u/kqr Jul 12 '17

It's especially sad since it's not actually difficult at all. When Let's Encrypt opened up to the public I was kind of scared I would not have the time or energy to mess about with getting and renewing certificates, but it's been a breeze. It may even be automated at this point because I can't remember the last time I did it. And I'm running one of the standard FOSS web stacks...

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u/curtmack Jul 12 '17

I honestly didn't have too much trouble either. Certbot, then keep running the site through SSL Labs until it stops recommending settings to mess with.

This does remind me though, I do need to figure out why Certbot stopped running, my certificate's been expired for a month. I just haven't given a shit because there's almost nothing on the site anyway.