Can't people use Let's Encrypt to obtain a certificate for free without the
usual CA run-around?

https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/

"Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority brought
to you by the non-profit Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)."


On Tue, Dec 20, 2016 at 6:38 AM, <cody.wohl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a good idea but a terrible implementation.  I already need someone
> else's approval (registrar) to run a website (unless I want visitors to
> remember my IP addresses).  NOW I will need ANOTHER someone to approve it
> as well (the CA authority), (unless I want visitors to click around a bunch
> of security "errors").
>
> We shouldn't be ADDING authorities required to make websites.  The web is
> open and free and this proposal adds authority to a select few who can
> dictate whats a "valid" site and what isn't.
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