angusj.com not reachable via HTTPS

[GrauBlitz]

I am not sure if this is the right place, but as i use "HTTPS everywhere" your doc site appeared always offline for me. As there is also no https to http redirect (if even possible).

[AngusJohnson]

Thanks, I'd prefer this in Discussion.

[AngusJohnson]

I'd be happy to provide an https address but

1. I've had no experience with this so would value some assistance, and
2. where can I get free SSL certificates? 😁

[GrauBlitz]

You can look into Let's Encrypt, they provide free Certificates, you only must verfify that you own the site by temporarely uploading a webpage. There is also a certbot which does everything automatically. The only downside is, that those certificates have a shorter valid timespan, i think it was three months, but the certbot could be automated to renew this. The major browsers trust the Lets Encrypt CA and you wont get any warnings about an self signed or unknown certificate.

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[AngusJohnson]

Thanks Grau. That's very helpful.
I'll investigate but it's a relatively low priority, and I have a number of other things pressing.
So, hopefully this year 🤞😜.

[ya-ponchik]

You can set up CloudFlare proxy server very easily to get the HTTPS. A few years ago I analyze the situation and prefer it to my own solution.

[AngusJohnson]

You can set up CloudFlare proxy server very easily to get the HTTPS. A few years ago I analyze the situation and prefer it to my own solution.

Thanks for the suggestion but I really have no idea what I'm doing there 😱.

My current domain is being web hosted by my ISP at an unbeatable price 😁. This has been extremely reliable for about 20 years and with high bandwith, so I really don't want to lose that. I've just registered with CloudFlare for a free account and they are now trying to change my DNS records (which I guess might be OK) and NameServers too (which I'm quite worried about). So unless I can be safely guided through this so my web hosting remains with my current provider while getting SSL certificates properly installed, then I'd rather do nothing. And I don't want to spend too much time on this (an hour or two at the very most) as I'm occupied with other things. Cheers.

[GrauBlitz]

Easily is a bit unfitting imho, i find it quite easier to just use the Let's Encrypt Bot and don't give a Company like Cloudflare access to my DNS records or nameserver. Cloudflare is way more intruding then my mentioned option and you need to rely on a business oriented company. But everyone has it's own opinion :-)