SSL certificate expired?

realdreams

I just realize the forum doesn't have a subforum to report site issues... The SSL certificate has expired long ago.....What do you do to avoid SSL certificate getting expired? I have seen plenty of big companies letting the certificates going expired on production....

exampasser

You simply obtain a new certificate from the CA. I use this CA to get free signed SSL certs (they last for 1 year, so you have to obtain a new certificate annually which isn't much of a pain for me, I just resubmit my certificate signing request or CSR and install the cert on my servers.)

realdreams

I am actually talking about https://www.techexams.net/

MentholMoose

There are many way to handle SSL cert expiration.

• Document when your certs will expire and update them when needed
• Set up email alerts with your CA
• Set up a monitoring tool to check and send alerts (Nagios, 3rd party, etc.)
• Wait for someone to complain - probably the most common lol

netsysllc

Looks like https://www.techexams.net redirects back to Free MCTS MCITP CCNA CISSP and Network+ practice exams, study notes and forums so it should not really matter. I assume the admins don't want to spend the money on maintaining an SSL for the site. I would even consider buying one as gratitude for the help I have received here. $25 for a 5 year from https://www.cheapssls.com

RobertKaucher

I would be more than willing to add a few bucks to get the root domain and www secured for 5 years.

jmritenour

From an admin standpoint, I don't see the point in HTTPS if I'm not conducting financial transactions, or collecting sensitive user info on my site... but that's just me...