Eric,

Check out Startcom’s StartSSL service (https://www.startssl.com), for $120 you have the ability to generate 3-year wildcard certificates with their Organizational Validation level of service.

Andrew

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On Jan 14, 2016, at 21:33, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I would also go with the $120 3 year wildcard cert for ezproxy. What vendor are you using?
>> On Jan 14, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Cary Gordon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> 
>> I love the idea of Let’s Encrypt, but I recently bought a three year wildcard cert subscription for about $120. I would need to fall firmly into the true believer category to go the route you suggest.
>> 
>> Cary
>> 
>>> On Jan 14, 2016, at 11:20 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> A while back, the issue of needing a wildcard certificate (not supported by Lets Encrypt) for EZProxy was discussed.
>>> 
>>> In my discussions with publishers about switching to HTTPS, EZProxy compatibility has been the most frequently mentioned stumbling block preventing a complete switch to HTTPS for some HTTPS-ready  publishers. In two cases that I know of, a publisher which has been HTTPS-only was asked by a library customer to provide insecure service (oh the horror!) for this reason.
>>> 
>>> It's been pointed out to me that while Lets Encrypt is not supporting wildcard certificates, up to 100 hostnames can be supported on a single LE certificate. A further limit on certificates issued per week per domain would mean that up to 500 hostnames can be registered with LE in a week.
>>> 
>>> Are there EZProxy instances out there that need more than 500 hostnames, assuming that all services are switched to HTTPS?
>>> 
>>> Also, I blogged my experience talking to people about privacy at #ALAMW16.
>>> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2016/01/not-using-https-on-your-website-is-like.html <http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2016/01/not-using-https-on-your-website-is-like.html>
>>> 
>>> Eric
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Eric Hellman
>>> President, Free Ebook Foundation
>>> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
>>> https://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
>>> twitter: @gluejar
>>> 
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