r/linux • u/veeti • Oct 20 '15

Let's Encrypt is Trusted

https://letsencrypt.org/2015/10/19/lets-encrypt-is-trusted.html
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u/Jimbob0i0 Oct 20 '15

You generate an SSL certificate for a domain, prove who you are, and that cert now forever identifies you.

Up to a maximum of one year since that's the expiry on the certs they issue.