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In July of 2017, the nonprofit certificate authority Let's Encrypt promised to deliver something that would put secure websites and Web applications within reach of any Internet user: free "wildcard" certificates to enable secure HTTP connections for entire domains. Today, Let's Encrypt took that promised service live, in addition to a new version of the Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol, an interface that can be used by a variety of client software packages to automate verification of certificate requests.
[....]Many hosting providers already support the registration of Let's Encrypt certificates to varying degrees. But Let's Encrypt's free certificate offering hasn't been snapped up by some larger hosting providers—such as GoDaddy—who also sell SSL certificates to their customers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @03:41PM (1 child)
Having to worry about something once every 35.5 months is less convenient than having to worry about something every two and a half months? Really?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 14 2018, @04:12PM
I think they are referring to how easy it is to renew a LetsEncrypt cert if you are using it for a simple website.