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I don't personally think there's a conspiracy, but I'd definitely like to see an LE 'competitor' - one that is equally as free and open, but not in any way rela
by jamieweb 7y ago
I don't personally think there's a conspiracy, but I'd definitely like to see an LE 'competitor' - one that is equally as free and open, but not in any way related to the ISRG.
LE is currently a big single point of failure, and I want to be able to point my ACME client somewhere else if I need to.
- phillipseamore 7y agoHave you checked out Buypass? https://www.buypass.com/ssl/products/acme https://www.buypass.com/ssl/products/acme
- citruspi 7y agoNot the person you're replying to, but I'm a huge fan of Let's Encrypt and ACME. I wasn't aware of Buypass and it looks awesome, unfortunately however it doesn't appear to support SAN or wildcard certificates which could be a dealbreaker for a few (that said, it could also be considered a feature). But thanks for bringing it up and raising awareness of alternative ACME providers, I'm probably going to spend some time playing around with Buypass Go this week. Edit: It also appears that Buypass Go certificates are valid for 180 days as opposed to Let's Encrypt's 90 days (haven't verified this yet), which is interesting. I've simply become accustomed to the 90 day LE validity, I'm curious why they went with 180 days.
- jamieweb 7y agoAh yes I've heard of them - I remember Scott Helme blogging about them a while ago. Looks like a workable alternative, but it still seems to be a commercial organisation behind it though. We need something open, transparent and charitable ideally.