This, combined with your other responses to this thread, makes it very apparent that you’re more interested in asserting your ignorant view rather than actually learning anything. Please don’t bother commenting.
TLS cert prices have crashed to…in most cases, $0, as average certificate validity times have shortened. If there’s any cost relationship at all, it’s the exact opposite of what you’re implying.
If re-signing adds material complexity to your architecture (including the ‘hidden complexity’ of a dev / ops person needing to remember to manually renew a cert every two years) then frankly it sounds like you’ve got larger problems on your hands.
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If re-signing adds material complexity to your architecture (including the ‘hidden complexity’ of a dev / ops person needing to remember to manually renew a cert every two years) then frankly it sounds like you’ve got larger problems on your hands.
Cynicism doesn’t make you smart.