September 2017
Intermediate to advanced
244 pages
6h 44m
English
Normally, the SSL certificate is bought from certificate providers. However, you can also get a free certificate from letsencrypt.org. So, if a free certificate is available, then why are certificates still bought? Actually, sometimes, buying it from some authorities is more about insurance than security. If you are making an e-commerce site or something that is accepting payment or very critical data such as financial information, then you need someone to take responsibility in front of your site's user.
Probably there is some minor difference (that I am unaware of) between a certificate from letsencrypt.org and from providers who sell for good prices, but normally, it is bought for insurance instead of ...
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