- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.pierre-couy.fr/post/805239
Happy birthday to Let’s Encrypt !
Huge thanks to everyone involved in making HTTPS available to everyone for free !
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It’s mind-bogglingly convenient, especially compared to the before times. Consider donating to them if you can.
I don’t understand why so many organizations make it so hard to donate. Why do I need to enter my name and e-mail only to discover you don’t support european banks. It cannot be that complicated to set up an eu-bankaccount and publish the IBAN to just let me wire money, right?
What was it like in the before times?
You had to request certificates manually from providers like a savage.
I can’t imagine living without it
Well if they ever pull another “you must use snap or die”, you’ll have to imagine it. Thankfully, this exists https://github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh
certbot is pretty solid
Also a lot of software like Nginx proxy manager and Caddy have build in hassle free setup
