Let's Encrypt

admin

It is all about making indirect revenue. They sell hosting , domain at a discounted rate and then fill in the gap with addons like these.

Abhi

100 crore certificates issued. Now that is what we call an achievement

We are coming up on 1 BILLION certificates issued by the Let's Encrypt certificate authority. Each certificate, free to get, and carrying out the mission of a more privacy-respecting Web. We are 1 billion, and we have just begun. Join us!

admin

How are they planning to celebrate ? Some party will definitely be there.

Abhi

5 years of Let's Encrypt

Five years, over a billion certs issued, and new database servers powering Let's Encrypt

Abhi

No wonder they are so proud of themselves

Looking back on these five years, there is a LOT we are proud of. A nonprofit certificate authority with 90-day cert lifetimes, totally reliant on donations... five years later, helping to secure over 230M domains.

admin

Let's Encrypt is doing a fund $ 35,000 fund raiser. If anyone feel like supporting it, it will be good.

Jason

My current domain registrar provides PositiveSSL so i no longer user Let's Encrypt but we need to support them so many can benefit from their service.

Abhi

Jason provides PositiveSSL

It is a paid service. Is it not ?

Jason

Abhi Yes it is a paid service but as i purchased a .com domain it came along with the purchase for free for first year.

Games

I use Let's Encrypt in my website and it is great to have HTTPS instead of HTTP.

Abhi

Games

Nice to know. Were you able to take benefit from it ? Did you notice any considerable change after the switch ?

Games

Abhi Yes I did! Google SE punish websites that still use HTTP.
Also I created PWA for my website and doing so require that your website will be HTTPS.

Jason

Will there be a difference Abhi? I have used Lets Encrypt and Paid SSL i didn't see the change. But in terms of setting it up it is slightly different i think.

Abhi

Jason Lets Encrypt

The raw setup is a job for someone with experience. Both Positive SSL and Let's Encrypt. But these days, it is a one click setup. Admin told me that even Webmin allows you to add SSL in a few clicks.

I don't think there will be a difference if the connection is secure, not dependent on which provider you use.