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23,000 HTTPS certs will be axed in next 24 hours after private keys leak

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Some of us value our time too much to use certificates from Let's See If It Feels Like Working

The thing is, if you can't automate the Let's Encrypt certificates then the 90 day hassle isn't worth it unless you work somewhere with lot's of spare time and your productivity isn't important. How much time can you dedicate to build your automation, updating the scripts and such? What if it's an appliance that can't be automated to change the cert?

A single 2 year certificate costs very little (<$30). I do outsourced IT stuff to clients and for $30 you'd get something like 15 minutes of my time. If you have plenty of devices and services requiring certificates then a wildcard - while more expensive - may be the solution. And LE doesn't offer those (yet).

LE is perfectly fine, but the 90 days is just way too short interval for my taste.

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