Thanks Indranil, that totally makes sense now. Let's Encrypt will save my institution a notable sum of money.
Christopher Davis Systems & E-Services Librarian Uintah County Library cgda...@uintah.utah.gov (435) 789-0091 <14357890091> ext.261 uintahlibrary.org basinlibraries.org facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Christopher, > > On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:49 AM, Christopher Davis > <cgda...@uintah.utah.gov> wrote: > > > > Indranil, > > > > Thank you for your message regarding Let's Encrypt. I know that DV means > "Domain Verification", but what does EV mean? I also have no Idea what SNI > means. > > EV stands for extended validation, it is more involved and expensive > and required verification and validation of the legal entity *owning* > the said domain, over and above the DV part you referred to. The key > difference between DV and EV certs is that DV certs do not assure that > any particular legal entity is connected to the certificate, even if > the domain name may imply a particular legal entity controls the > domain, whereas EV does that. > > You can think of SNI being somewhat similar to HTTP's name-based > virtual hosting, but for https. It basically allows a server to > present multiple certs on the same IP and port for multiple websites. > More here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Name_Indication > > hth > Indranil > > > > > Bashfully your, > > > > > > Christopher Davis > > Systems & E-Services Librarian > > Uintah County Library > > cgda...@uintah.utah.gov > > (435) 789-0091 ext.261 > > uintahlibrary.org > > basinlibraries.org > > facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary > > instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:05 PM, Indranil Das Gupta <indr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Unless you need EV which LE obviously doesn't do and SNI is good > >> enough for you, LE should be OK. > >> > >> FWIW I've been using LE certs on all my servers for about a year, > >> without any issues. > >> > >> hth > >> -indranil > >> -- > >> Indranil Das Gupta > >> L2C2 Technologies > >> > >> Phone : +91-98300-20971 > >> WWW : http://www.l2c2.co.in > >> Blog : http://blog.l2c2.co.in > >> IRC : indradg on irc://irc.freenode.net > >> Twitter : indradg > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Sep 23, 2017 at 12:27 AM, Christopher Davis > >> <cgda...@uintah.utah.gov> wrote: > >> > Greetings Colleagues, > >> > > >> > I would like to encrypt the domain of my library's OPAC and staff > interface > >> > using Let's Encrypt. Are there any issues with Let's Encrypt and Koha > which > >> > I should know about? > >> > > >> > Thank you, > >> > > >> > Christopher Davis > >> > Systems & E-Services Librarian > >> > Uintah County Library > >> > cgda...@uintah.utah.gov > >> > (435) 789-0091 <14357890091> ext.261 > >> > uintahlibrary.org > >> > basinlibraries.org > >> > facebook.com/uintahcountylibrary > >> > instagram.com/uintahcountylibrary > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org > >> > Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz > >> > https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha > > > > > _______________________________________________ Koha mailing list http://koha-community.org Koha@lists.katipo.co.nz https://lists.katipo.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/koha