After much work in background and previous update covered here at soylentnews, the guys over at Let's Encrypt have finally given a launch schedule:
Let’s Encrypt has reached a point where we’re ready to announce our launch schedule.
- First certificate: Week of July 27, 2015
- General availability: Week of September 14, 2015
While this is a bit off from the original mid-2015 launch date, it's a great start towards encrypted web communications.
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Thursday June 18 2015, @07:30PM
I still don't understand why they couldn't allocate certificates like every other CA.
They can and will (your part can be manual, while LE's part is always automated).
While Let's Encrypt is heavily promoting its automation, that's really a tiny, tiny part of what makes it exciting. By far, the HUGE win is having a conglomerate of influential names participate in issuing free certs. The biggest problem with encryption certificates isn't the installation or update process, but the cost of having a certificate that doesn't invoke the untrusted certificate warning in the browser.
That's why I intend to be an early adopter. I plan to request my certificates on release day.