[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Jake Anderson]

As opposed to anyone with a credit card number.

On 19/11/14 10:42, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker wrote:
> 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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