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StartSSL effectively died, and I assume LetsEncrypt was part of the reason.
by collinmanderson 9y ago
StartSSL effectively died, and I assume LetsEncrypt was part of the reason.
- duskwuff 9y agoNo... the real reason StartSSL died was because they were acquired by another CA, Wosign, which had a number of serious security and management issues. These issues led to both CAs being distrusted by all major browsers. https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:WoSign_Issues https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA:WoSign_Issues
- collinmanderson 9y agoRight, but why did Eddy Nigg sell StartSSL to WoSign? My guess is Heartbleed made him re-consider whether he wanted to keep doing ssl/tls certs, and once Let's Encrypt came along he started looking for a way to get out of it.