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  • jj4211@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    23 days ago

    Just two months ago, a security team member dinged one of our services for using Lets Encrypt, as “it’s not as secure as a traditional CA”.

    • bfg9k@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15·
      23 days ago

      I’d love for them to explain how, if anything the short cert validity and constant re-checking of the domain seems more secure than traditional CAs

      • dan@upvote.auEnglish
        6·
        23 days ago

        I’d also argue that the fact that it’s 100% automated and their software is open source makes it objectively more secure. On the issuing side, there’s no room for human error, social engineering, etc.

    • EnderMB@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      23 days ago

      It’s sad that these arguments are still being shared. It was the same arguments years ago from people that would just assume that a free cert was inherently unsafe.