Let's Encrypt is 10 years old today ! (letsencrypt.org)
from pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 19:13
https://lemmy.pierre-couy.fr/post/805241

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Happy birthday to Let’s Encrypt !

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

#selfhosted

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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 18 Nov 21:43 next collapse

I can’t imagine living without it

drkt@scribe.disroot.org on 19 Nov 15:11 collapse

Well if they ever pull another “you must use snap or die”, you’ll have to imagine it. Thankfully, this exists github.com/acmesh-official/acme.sh

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 19 Nov 16:02 collapse

certbot is pretty solid

Also a lot of software like Nginx proxy manager and Caddy have build in hassle free setup

thirdBreakfast@lemmy.world on 18 Nov 21:58 collapse

It’s mind-bogglingly convenient, especially compared to the before times. Consider donating to them if you can.

theRealBassist@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 01:17 next collapse

What was it like in the before times?

ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world on 19 Nov 04:50 next collapse

You had to request certificates manually from providers like a savage.

yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.ml on 19 Nov 03:15 next collapse

We walked uphill both ways.

Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Nov 00:02 collapse

I remember taking my first selfhosting/Linux steps a year or so after the launch of Let’s Encrypt with a Pi 3. At the time, most tutorials didn’t set up https at all, and if they did, they were self signed certificates (resulting in browser warnings).

Self-signed certificates are annoying and creating them was a series of copy pasting long, weird commands, usually using long exspiration dates (manual renewing sucks).

Not long after, guides started recommending certbot. Nowadays reverse proxys like caddy set up TLS automatically.

At least that’s how I remember it, given my complete lack of knowledge about Linux at the time.

specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works on 19 Nov 02:34 next collapse

I just sent em $10. Thanks for posting the link.

needanke@feddit.org on 19 Nov 13:18 collapse

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?