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Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now

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489 points gslin | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 06:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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BiteCode_dev ◴[20 Nov 24 11:20 UTC] No.42192827[source]▶
Mozilla is getting a lot of criticism, but just for letsencrypt alone they are making the world a better place.

Before them I never used SSL for anything, because the cost/benefit ratio was just not there for my services.

Since then, I never not use it.

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qskousen ◴[20 Nov 24 12:04 UTC] No.42193124[source]▶
Two Mozilla employees were involved in starting Let's Encrypt, and the Mozilla foundation is one of the sponsors, but as far as I can tell the foundation was not directly involved in creating it.
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1. gg82 ◴[20 Nov 24 23:20 UTC] No.42199173[source]▶
One of the more productive uses of all those millions of dollars that Mozilla received. These days, Let's Encrypt is more important than Mozilla... and would have no difficulty receiving donations to keep the service running. It also shows what a well run technical non-profit looks like!