[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Mark ZZZ Smith]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com>
> To: Ernie <ernie at info.eis.net.au>; "ausnog at lists.ausnog.net" <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 10:42
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Lets Encrypt
> 
> Would you trust a CA who gave our certs to any one ?
> 

Better than nothing security is better than nothing.


> 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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