Many host providers (Those acquired by companies like Web.Com, allegedly) disable all ability to use outside certs since Google made encryption a requirement in Chrome Browser...

They do things like blocking containers & SSH to make installing free certs impossible.

They also have elevated the price of their own certs (that they can conveniently provide) to ridiculous prices in contrast to free certs their customers can't even use...

It would be a huge price-fixing scandal if Congress had any idea of how technology works.

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Sohcahtoa82 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

There are literally thousands of web hosts out there. If your web host is doing something shitty like that, it's trivial to find a new one.

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winternett 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I'd be happy to hear about a traditional hosting company that allows clients to install lets Encrypt certs if you can name any...

Most of my clients don't have budgets big enough for cloud hosting.

	▲	Sohcahtoa82 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		DreamHost allows it. Not only do they just allow you to import any certificate you want, but they literally have a button on the panel to get one from Let's Encrypt for free.

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selcuka 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It would be a huge price-fixing scandal if Congress had any idea of how technology works.

It's shady, but technically not price-fixing unless they are a monopoly. You are free to take your business to somewhere else.

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winternett 6 hours ago | parent [-]

If you read into Web.Com, yes, they are quickly becoming a monopoly on host companies. They do not disclose many of the hosting companies they now own.

If you can find a company that allows clients to install Let's Encrypt Certs on shared hosting, please let me know.

	▲	selcuka 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah, fair point. I have not used shared hosting for a long time now (static sites are easy/free to host, and dynamic ones don't play well with shared hosting), so I didn't know the Web.com story. I used DreamHost in the past and they had a configuration option in their control panel to automatically install and maintain a Let's Encrypt certificate on your behalf [1]. If you are stuck with Web.com you may consider using a reverse proxy/CDN such as CloudFlare. [1] https://help.dreamhost.com/hc/en-us/articles/216539548-Addin...