Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World Cryptography

Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by bombcar on Monday May 16, 2022 @05:58PM (#31403640)

The registrar doesn't really have much to say about which CA you use, but a hosting provider would.

Given that all certs are limited to a year, we're only a few steps away from the Let's Encrypt setup being automated everywhere.

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Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by asimops on Monday May 16, 2022 @06:30PM (#31403889)

Just imagine:

- Not allowed to change authoritative DNS

- CAA set to everything except LE

- cannot set CAA to LE

Wouldn't it be nice?

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Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by duskwuff on Monday May 16, 2022 @10:34PM (#31405451)

> - Not allowed to change authoritative DNS

Registrars are contractually required to allow registrants to change the nameservers associated with their domain.

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Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by bombcar on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @10:09AM (#31410908)

Some "free" or "low cost" "registrars" actually are hosting providers that register the domain for you, and then provide you limited access to the tools normally available.

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Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by duskwuff on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @02:10PM (#31414401)

Do these still exist? I remember running into one of them around 2005, but I haven't heard of any since -- it's been a long time since "give away hosting and run ads against the content" was a viable business model.

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Re:Let’s Encrypt Receives the Levchin Prize for Real-World C... by bombcar on Tuesday May 17, 2022 @09:08PM (#31418142)

I’m sure there are some crippling around somewhere, but it’s no longer a major concern.

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