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StartCom (the name behind StartSSL launched StartAPI/StartPKI in May. I would call it a direct competitor to LetsEncrypt.
by trey-jones 10y ago
StartCom (the name behind StartSSL launched StartAPI/StartPKI in May. I would call it a direct competitor to LetsEncrypt.
- __david__ 10y agoGiven the recent events regarding them and their parent company, I'd be wary of using them for anything at this point.
- Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd 10y agoEven if you wanted to, you can't really use them right now. Mozilla, Google, and Apple untrusted their (recently issued) certs.
- schlowmo 10y agoThat's what StartCom might thought when they announced their new service "Start Encrypt" around the same time when Comodo tried to get hold of the "Let's Encrypt" trademark which Let's Encrypt successfully fought back.[0] Then some more deserved buckets of shit hit their fan. I can't bring myself to call StartCom a competitor of Let's Encrypt. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11961034 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11961034