Comment on Is HTTPS a scam?
Dr_Satan@lemm.ee 7 months agoThey’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.
Comment on Is HTTPS a scam?
Dr_Satan@lemm.ee 7 months agoThey’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 7 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 7 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 7 months ago
Well, self-sign your own certs and deal with the implications of not being a trusted root certificate authority
z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 7 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 7 months ago