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Let's Encrypt Is Now In Public Beta (eff.org)

Posted by timothy on from the first-person-plural dept.

Peter Eckersley writes: As of today, Let's Encrypt is in Public Beta. If you're comfortable running beta software that may have a few bugs and rough edges, you can use it to instantly obtain and install certificates for any HTTPS website or TLS service. You can find installation instructions here.

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  1. Re:But Why? by blackiner · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is a pretty writeup about modern TLS issues on lwn: http://lwn.net/Articles/664385...
    It seems that certificate revocation is not working particularly well in practice. The 90 day duration is meant to help with this, you can simply let the certificate expire.

  2. Re:But Why? by itsdapead · · Score: 4, Informative

    Bear in mind that current free certificates from the likes of StartSSL expire after 1 year anyway - and are at least 4 times more hassle to obtain and install than Lets Encrypt is shaping up to be.

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