[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Nick Savvides]

I’ve actually found the reverse, particularly with EV certs.


Nick.
 
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Nick Savvides,  Senior Principal Systems Engineer (Security)
nick_savvides at symantec.com, Mobile: +61 434 600 870

> On 19 Nov 2014, at 11:45 , Reuben Farrelly <reuben-ausnog at reub.net> wrote:
> 
> On 19/11/2014 11:38 AM, Colin Stubbs wrote:
>> Many existing CA's who already offer "free certs" have those
>> limitations, they only charge for the identity verification process, the
>> cost of which increases with the complexity required to verify who you
>> are and what you own.
> 
> Question: do end users really care at all about the identity verification?
> 
> I don't think I've ever met a non-IT person (ie 95% of the target 
> audience for websites) who knows the difference between the highly 
> complex validated and only minimally (email) validated certificates.
> 
> I've certainly never come across anyone who refuses to proceed to a site 
> because the validation level isn't high enough or the certificate isn't 
> reputable.  Most people don't even know that that's what certificates 
> are for (that's a "techie" thing, right?).
> 
> As long as the popup box doesn't come up, very few people care...so in 
> that regard I think this project will fill a useful purpose.
> 
> Reuben
> 
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