I wanted to do so but I got the $5 SSL from Go Daddy because I'm using vanity urls with Better Blogs and that creates a bunch of subdomains. I would have to spend around $200 a year for SSL for subdomains.I use SSL 100% of my site. There is no reason not to these days, unless the cost is a problem for you.
Nope. You do not need to pay that much.I wanted to do so but I got the $5 SSL from Go Daddy because I'm using vanity urls with Better Blogs and that creates a bunch of subdomains. I would have to spend around $200 a year for SSL for subdomains.
[1] Wild Card capability supported with non-EV certificates (Class 3)Nope. You do not need to pay that much.
I was using GoDaddy EV SSL for 2 years but now I'm using what @digitalpoint is using
https://www.startssl.com/?app=40
What's this mean? [1] Wild Card capability supported with non-EV certificates (Class 3)You should get class 2 which is $59 for 2 years and have wildcard domain so you can use it for your subdomains as well.
Isn't that cheaper than your "I would have to spend around $200 a year for SSL for subdomains."
Mike said:With CPU speeds these days, SSL comes with minimal overhead. For what SSL protects against (man in the middle attacks), you really should retrieve every page over SSL. (See this article, where Tunisia is allegedly modifying pages on the fly to steal credentials.) XF shouldn't have any issues when using the whole site in SSL, though if you find a problem, please do report it.
When you are as enormous as Facebook, every tiny amount of processing power used to generate a page costs a fortune, so it makes sense for them to optimise as much as possible, which could be a reason for them to limit their use of SSL. However, for most of us, until you have tens of millions of daily visitors, SSL is a valid option.
This thread is how I explained SSL to my site http://8thos.com/threads/coming-soon-ssl-integration.21226/ Maybe that explanation will make more sense to you than the links I posted.I dont get it. Why do you need a sign to show that people can trust you. That's like a criminal putting up a sign saying "I won't steal anything, just let me in".
I have enough issues without SSL that it won't anymore than it already is.SSL can cause you a problem if your serving an advertisement that doesn't support https.
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