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Let's Encrypt is 10 years old today ! (letsencrypt.org)
submitted 4 days ago by pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Happy birthday to Let's Encrypt !

Huge thanks to everyone involved in making HTTPS available to everyone for free !

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[–] Zangoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Piggybacking off this comment because I completely agree with it.

Did we not learn anything from CrowdStrike? If a comparatively simple fix was able to wipe out half the world, how would something that requires an active choice (where to get certs from) not completely cripple all of our infrastructure?