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Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now

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512 points gslin | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 06:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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mrtksn ◴[20 Nov 24 07:49 UTC] No.42191644[source]▶
Hands down one of the greatest services out there, stopped a racket and made the internet secure.

I remember a time when having an HTTPS connection was for "serious" projects only because the cost of the certificate was much higher than the domain. You go commando and if it sticks then you purchase a certificate for a 100 bucks or something.

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dachris ◴[20 Nov 24 07:55 UTC] No.42191676[source]▶
There's still enough people out there who don't know better, manually (or auto-renew) purchasing new a certificate every year from their hosting provider like it's 2013.
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1. wink ◴[20 Nov 24 10:41 UTC] No.42192618[source]▶
Doesn't necessarily have anything to do with knowing, some environments are just not worth automating or support it so badly that even paying twice or more would still be nothing compared to the annoyance. It's been getting better over the years though.