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> Issuing certificates cost money and has to be paid one way or another. It's not clear that the prices being charged by commercial CAs are anywhere close or
by Kadin 9y ago
> Issuing certificates cost money and has to be paid one way or another.
It's not clear that the prices being charged by commercial CAs are anywhere close or even related to the underlying costs.
I think LE is beginning to demonstrate that the costs of operating a CA are not actually that high, at the same time that the lax behavior by certain commercial CAs has demonstrated that the "validation" they provide is of very little value.
- Karunamon 9y agoMost of the cost tied up in being a CA is being audited and reaudited by a third party that charges hundreds of thousands of dollars (and given the Symantec/Startcom shenanigans, is completely worthless). The actual technical infrastructure required, while intricate, isn't that hard to set up.