[AusNOG] Lets Encrypt

[Nick Savvides]

TLS everywhere is a good thing. The more in use the better. 

Domain Validated certificates from publicly trusted certificate authorities are already available at free or near free and have been for some time.


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 10:34 , Ernie <ernie at info.eis.net.au> wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
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> 
> - Ernie.
> 
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