[Cialug] LetsEncrypt ONLINE!!

Dave Hala dave at 58ghz.net
Wed Dec 9 18:06:48 CST 2015


If its not automated on your distro, it looks like a hassle.


On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 5:49 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:
> Is it a good idea for the CERT to be cycled more often then 90 days?
> Obviously you wouldn't wait until the 90th day to renew it, but what about
> every 30 days?
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 11:25 AM Todd E Thomas <todd.dsm at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm kinda jazzed about this; been waiting since (I think) Jim shared it
>> with the group.
>>
>> As a note, it should be taken into consideration *they favor a 90-day
>> cert*.
>> The reasons for this are explained in their blog
>> <https://letsencrypt.org//2015/11/09/why-90-days.html>. They've gone out
>> of
>> their way to make certs automat*able* - finally.
>>
>> So, given that certs can be (easily?) automatically swapped-out every
>> 90-days, the re-cracking (by the NSA, random knuckleheads, etc) would start
>> over again with each new cert.
>>
>> Nice.
>>
>> TT
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