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Re:Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database on Tuesday July 21, 2026 @10:25AM (#48992784)
could be a digital copy but stored in an offline vault
Re:Towards "Let's Encrypt" for Document Signing on Tuesday March 10, 2026 @12:27PM (#47325441)
I wrote this while working on AES and QES support for Documenso. The digital signing stack is surprisingly tightly coupled today. Curious how others working with eIDAS infrastructure see this evolving.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (October 2025) on Friday October 17, 2025 @09:13AM (#45616397)
Trust and Regulation like QTSP and all the other red tape
Re:German Finfluencer Channel Finanzfluss is suing Meta for rampant sc... on Friday August 15, 2025 @09:38AM (#44912283)
Thonmas Kehl, founder of german finance channel Finanzfluss is suing meta for allowing paid ads using their brand and his personal image via AI deep fakes.
Re:Show HN: Algora – Open source coding bounties on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @03:18PM (#37770216)
Same, we tip almost exclusively on algora
Re:Ask HN: Would you (or your company) host your own document signing ... on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:57AM (#34183897)
Noted. I think best practice signing is pretty learn free at this point, but it is good to remeber this notion
Re:Ask HN: Would you (or your company) host your own document signing ... on Friday December 30, 2022 @05:56AM (#34183891)
Good point. Cryptography can be a remedy here, but this is still a relevant factor IMO
Re:Would you (or your company) host your own document signing if you c... on Thursday December 29, 2022 @07:28AM (#34171966)
Would you (or the company you work for) self-host a document signing solution if that were an option? I find it really weird, that there seems to be no obvious option to do so, in a space that so obviously has reason to.

Disclaimer: I recently started Documenso

Re:Hard time figuring out basic things in reactjs on Thursday December 29, 2022 @04:36AM (#34171018)
If you want a bit more structure, a more opinionated framework like nextjs or similar could be for you
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Saturday December 10, 2022 @10:02AM (#33933174)
Pretty neat, thanks
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Saturday December 10, 2022 @09:57AM (#33933135)
The larger mission would be to reduce reliance on one player that has 70+ percent of the market and decentralize trust. Centralized trust is going out of style fast..
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @01:03PM (#33924439)
Is CAcert still alive? I read the project kinda died
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:11AM (#33922905)
I also agree with you for what it's worth. Even it is somewhat possible, it should be WAY more open and free. Like SSL it's not a luxury competitve edge, but basic modern day infrastructure
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:07AM (#33922852)
That's a great hint, will look into that..
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:07AM (#33922842)
Sorry you lost me on blockain. Also IF any blockchain were to be used to persist stuff like this it's the biggest, most decentralized.
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @11:04AM (#33922810)
i did not see anything about beeing a CA on first scan but if that's works it would be great
Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document s... on Friday December 09, 2022 @08:50AM (#33921170)
How can something so fundamentally math-based as Public-key cryptography be so heavyliy patented?

Ask HN: Why isn't there something like Let's Encrypt for document signing?

Posted by ElTimuro on Friday December 09, 2022 @08:43AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Considering how easy it is to generate a public/private key pair it's not that easy and not cheap to get an widely trusted document signing certificate. Especially one with LTV (longtime valid for verifying)Is this just the market monopoly? If letsencrypt broke it for SSL, couldn't it be done for PDF signing also?

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Re:MS Ion: a Decentralized Identifier network that runs atop the Bitco... on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:59AM (#26618134)
If done right who creates it should Not matter, Similar to bitcoin.
Re:Ion – open, public, permissionless ID network that runs atop Bitcoin on Monday March 29, 2021 @01:58AM (#26618126)
Time will tell if this gains Traction,but for once the approach is right. HN is not that into crypto from what I can tell, i noticed before already.
Re:Photographs: Removed on Thursday December 13, 2018 @04:55PM (#18676502)
Same works if you remove a spoon and porridge. This is uttlery meaningless even if it were real life. Projecting behavioural triggers on technology is flawed most of the time.
Re:Project Free TV shut down on Sunday July 26, 2015 @07:10AM (#9950738)
Looks like a makeover. Maybe it was a marketing stunt just posting "Goodbye"... or just bad communication