{"id":22943,"date":"2014-11-21T01:51:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-20T23:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=22943"},"modified":"2016-06-27T09:28:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T07:28:45","slug":"launching-in-2015-a-certificate-authority-to-encrypt-the-entire-web","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/21\/launching-in-2015-a-certificate-authority-to-encrypt-the-entire-web\/","title":{"rendered":"Launching in 2015: Let&#8217;s Encrypt CA"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Electronic Frontier Foundation reports some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eff.org\/deeplinks\/2014\/11\/certificate-authority-encrypt-entire-web\">excellent news<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"22944\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2014\/11\/21\/launching-in-2015-a-certificate-authority-to-encrypt-the-entire-web\/encrypt-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2.png?fit=650%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"encrypt-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2.png?fit=650%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-22944\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2-500x256.png?resize=500%2C256&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"encrypt-2\" width=\"500\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2.png?resize=500%2C256&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/encrypt-2.png?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Today EFF is pleased to announce Let\u2019s Encrypt, a new certificate authority (CA) initiative that we have put together with Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, IdenTrust, and researchers at the University of Michigan that aims to clear the remaining roadblocks to transition the Web from HTTP to HTTPS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>More specifically:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With a launch scheduled for summer 2015, the Let\u2019s Encrypt CA will automatically issue and manage free certificates for any website that needs them. 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