Linux Foundation to host Let's Encrypt
Linux Foundation to host Let's Encrypt
The Linux Foundation (LF) has announced
that it will serve as host of the Let's Encrypt
project, as well as the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
Let's Encrypt is the free, automated SSL/TLS certificate authority
that was announced in November 2014 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
(EFF) to provide TLS certificates for every domain on the web. ISRG is
the non-profit organization created to spearhead efforts like Let's
Encrypt (which, as of now, is ISRG's only public project). In the LF
announcement, executive director Jim Zemlin notes that "by
hosting this important encryption project in a neutral forum we can
accelerate the work towards a free, automated and easy security
certification process that benefits millions of people around the
world.
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