So… we’re all still waiting for the client, right?
Let's Encrypt is Trusted
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#32Can anyone who knows more than me say - is this the beginning of the end of the SSL cert selling business? Is there still value to buying an expensive cert from another vendor?
There will always be a market for EV but that seems reasonable considering the manually verification required.
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#33So… we’re all still waiting for the client, right?
No, they have announced their launch schedule in the past. Here is the latest update: https://letsencrypt.org/2015/08/07/updated-lets-encrypt-laun...
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#34A quick look at all the certificates Let's Encrypt has issued so far can be found using Comodo's CT based crt.sh tool.
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#35Can anyone who knows more than me say - is this the beginning of the end of the SSL cert selling business? Is there still value to buying an expensive cert from another vendor?
Not yet, because Let's Encrypt doesn't provide wildcard certificates as of now. This may change in the near future, though. Also note that free single domain certificates have been available from StartSSL for a very long time, but this didn't destroy the certificate industry.
An argument can be made that Let's Encrypt doesn't need wildcard certificates since new certs can be generated automatically every time a subdomain is added.
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#36Can anyone who knows more than me say - is this the beginning of the end of the SSL cert selling business? Is there still value to buying an expensive cert from another vendor?
Not yet, because Let's Encrypt doesn't provide wildcard certificates as of now. This may change in the near future, though. Also note that free single domain certificates have been available from StartSSL for a very long time, but this didn't destroy the certificate industry.
I tried to sign up for one, once, and it was broken. I don't remember the circumstances, precisely. Have you actually ever gotten one?
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#37Can anyone who knows more than me say - is this the beginning of the end of the SSL cert selling business? Is there still value to buying an expensive cert from another vendor?
Not yet, because Let's Encrypt doesn't provide wildcard certificates as of now. This may change in the near future, though. Also note that free single domain certificates have been available from StartSSL for a very long time, but this didn't destroy the certificate industry.
StartSSL forbade it from commercial use.
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#38"We’re pleased to announce that we’ve received cross-signatures from IdenTrust" How is this beneficial for IdenTrust?
Prisoner's dilemma?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not yet, because Let's Encrypt doesn't provide wildcard certificates as of now. This may change in the near future, though. Also note that free single domain certificates have been available from StartSSL for a very long time, but this didn't destroy the certificate industry.
I tried to sign up for one, once, and it was broken. I don't remember the circumstances, precisely. Have you actually ever gotten one?
I used to use them. You have to set up an account with a client certificate, which is a pain, then be manually approved. The free certs are for personal use only so they will deny you if they think you will be using it for business of any sort.
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#40"We’re pleased to announce that we’ve received cross-signatures from IdenTrust" How is this beneficial for IdenTrust?
Maybe they are just being nice.