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[Kebap]

Any chance?

[metulburr]

I have not done this at all on apache. So it would be an experiment for me. From what i heard from colleagues that tinker with apache that its a PITA.

[sparkz_alot]

I have not done this at all on apache. So it would be an experiment for me. From what i heard from colleagues that tinker with apache that its a PITA.

It is

[Ofnuts]

It also requires a not-so-cheap SSL certificate.

[micseydel]

It also requires a not-so-cheap SSL certificate.

Through Namecheap, I believe we can get something that would do the job for $9/year. But yeah, there are very expensive options.

[nilamo]

Well, we could use a self-signed certificate if we wanted free ssl. ...but then everyone who ever comes here would see a warning letting them know it's self signed lol

[micseydel]

To most people, it's not a warning that it's self-signed, it's a warning that there's probably something wrong. Self-signed is definitely not ok in this context.

[Kebap]

What about https://letsencrypt.org/

[nilamo]

What about https://letsencrypt.org/

That is super cool, and I'm glad we (the internet in general) finally did something like this.  Super easy to install for apache, also: https://certbot.eff.org/#ubuntuxenial-apache

[sparkz_alot]

What about https://letsencrypt.org/

After past experience dealing with https, my first thought when I saw the request was "Nightmare".  After seeing your link above, I thought "well that's pretty cool, but still a nightmare".

Then while searching YouTube on an unrelated matter, I ran across this tutorial:
SSL for HTTPS with Apache server

and I said out loud "Are you s***ing me?".

Will definitely have to try this and see if it really is that easy, thanks for the link :D