Comment on Is HTTPS a scam?
Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 months agoLetsencrypt certs are free dude. Https literally costs you nothing.
Comment on Is HTTPS a scam?
Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 months agoLetsencrypt certs are free dude. Https literally costs you nothing.
Dr_Satan@lemm.ee 8 months ago
They’re free today. Maybe not tomorrow. But by then HTTP will have been “phased out” and asking the “security authority” for permission will have become common practice.
Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
They’re a non profit backed by a ton of major internet players, it’s not going to happen. letsencrypt.org/about/
What you’re talking about was already the situation before LE existed, we’re not going back to that. There’s other free providers now too.
Dr_Satan@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Ok. That’s a good argument. I didn’t realize that the forces for good here were so strong in this.
But frankly I’d rather not depend on them either.
towerful@programming.dev 8 months ago
Well, self-sign your own certs and deal with the implications of not being a trusted root certificate authority
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
Just out of curiosity, what other trusted certificate authorities are there that offer ssl certs for free and no strings attached other than letsencrypt?
Shadow@lemmy.ca 8 months ago