ZeroSSL is probably what OP is looking for
Comment on Letsencrypt is under US jurisdiction. Is there a free-er alternative?
diecknet@discuss.tchncs.de 9 hours ago
There are some commercial Certificate Authorities that offer free certificates. But in contrast Let’s Encrypt is a non-profit.
- ZeroSSL (Austria)
- Actalis (Italy)
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
victorz@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
How do they make money?
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 hours ago
Usually they make money with extended certificates where they not only offer a certificate for example.com but also certify that it belongs to Example Ltd.
Those extended certificates used to show the company name next to address bars, but I don’t think browsers do that anymore.
victorz@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
I thought that was the whole point of a certificate, to show that the website belongs to the company? Or nah?
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
It’s actually to prove that a web server belongs to (or is trusted by for delivering their content) a specific website.
qualified certificates go a step further, by proving that a web server belongs to a specific company or a real person. but that’s costly, because verification is inherently more difficult.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 hours ago
Nah, the point is to encrypt the traffic and tell you what you are receiving really comes from example.com and not an evil third party.