2014-11-19

Let's Encrypt - Free SSL certs

Let's Encrypt:  Free SSL certs, sponsered by Mozilla, CISCO, EFF, et. Now if they do it well, there will be a pile of people knocking on their doors.

When Let’s Encrypt launches in Summer 2015, enabling HTTPS for your site will be as easy as installing a small piece of certificate management software on the server:
$ sudo apt-get install lets-encrypt
$ lets-encrypt example.com
That’s all there is to it! https://example.com is immediately live.

Update 19-Sep-15: The program is now live, get your certs now!

Update 09-Jan-16:  Not surprisingly the bad guys also take advantage of the free service. However, I disagree that this is a bad service. Such attacks were possible even before this free service came about. This just means the bad guys have another avenue for their existing attacks.

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