CloudFlare's free DNS – does it handle SSL?

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I'm looking for a new DNS provider, as moving away from Rackspace hosting which provided it to another provider (which doesn't).

I see CloudFlare provide free DNS however I'm confused by their site - they imply SSL with your own certificate is only available on their most expensive plan. Is that true for the DNS service as well? I don't see how it can be...

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I don't think you should use Hacker News for these "one answer" questions.

We offer both a free DNS service and a free SSL service: https://www.cloudflare.com/ssl

The free SSL is called "Universal SSL".

Thanks, so with the free DNS I can keep using our (expensive, EV) SSL certificates, and it won't interfere with that at all?

If you just want to use us for DNS (and not pass your traffic through our network) then you can do what you like on your own server. If you want us to terminate your traffic (for firewalling, caching etc.) and bring your own cert then you'll need a business plan with us ($200 a month)

https://www.cloudflare.com/plans

I've done both free options (just using CloudFlare for DNS, and then using Free SSL in strict mode) and they're both great.

When I get my business launched I'll probably get a business plan for our SaaSS products.

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