[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Alex Samad - Yieldbroker]

Would you trust a CA who gave our certs to any one ?

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
> Ernie
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2014 10:34 AM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Lets Encrypt
> 
> I was just reading on Slashdot this morning about a new certificate authority
> caleed Let's Encrypt which is a joint effort from EFF, Mozilla, Cisco, and
> Akamai to encrypt the Internet. It's going to be a non-profit organization that
> issues free certificates for any website.
> 
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/certificate-authority-encrypt-
> entire-web
> 
> https://letsencrypt.org/
> 
> My question is, will this screw up companies like Verisign/Thawte sales?
> 
> 
> 
> - Ernie.
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