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It was a rhetorical question. The fact that you needed 5 paragraphs to explain what is going on only proves the point being made — that it is not easy for anyon
by orev 8y ago
It was a rhetorical question. The fact that you needed 5 paragraphs to explain what is going on only proves the point being made — that it is not easy for anyone who doesn’t already have an intimate knowledge of PKI.
- tialaramex 8y agoSure, but this file and the command to produce it aren't anything to do with HTTPS really, they're artefacts of the Microsoft corporation's long-standing belief that refusing to interoperate helps you lock people into your ecosystem. Troy wouldn't need this file, and thus this command, except that (as HN readers sometimes forget) he's a Microsoft MVP and so even when it's clearly the wrong choice he has to pimp the Microsoft approach if possible. A better use of Troy's time as an MVP in _my_ opinion would have been to lobby Microsoft's IIS team to get ACME integration patched into recent releases ASAP‡. If this news item was "Troy's new video demos previously unannounced ACME integration for IIS 10" then it'd actually make an impact which this (unpaid) advertisement for Cloudflare does not. ‡ Bonus points since IIS is a commercial product, cut a deal to get your paying customers one free cert from a commercial CA using the new integration.