I've used letsencrypt for a while, on a few sites. Everything they do seems to be, for the most part, completely in line with their goal of making the entire web HTTPS. They focus a great deal on ease of setup, so that anyone and everyone can start using HTTPS. You download a program, run it, select which sites, and you're done. It auto-renews the certificates as they're about to expire, etc. Automatic integration with apache and (I think) nginx. I don't know how this measures up with other free certs, but of all the ones I've tried, it certainly was the easiest to set up. 

Keep in mind, though, all my experience with it is anecdotal, and I know very little about who they actually are, aside from what they do. 

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 6:13 AM, Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net> wrote:
Oops, I meant to add their main statement:
 
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
 
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331


On 5 February 2017 at 06:10, Hartmut W Sager <hwsager@marityme.net> wrote:
Does anyone here know anything about "Let's Encrypt" by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)?
 
https://letsencrypt.org/
 
They don't seem to be part of the usual gang - FSF, GNU, GPL, Apache, Linux, etc., etc., yet they express similar philosophies.  Who are they?  How credible are they and their effort?  And how does their effort compare to other free security certificates?
 
A colleague of mine tipped me off onto this, and he especially is wondering.
 
Hartmut W Sager - Tel +1-204-339-8331



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