[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Robert Hudson]

As long as they have processes in place to verify the authenticity of who
they issue the cert to, why not?

Charging money for the service doesn't make it any more trustworthy.

On 19 November 2014 10:42, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker <
Alex.Samad at yieldbroker.com> 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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