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Free CAs are prone to fraud and abuse because they have no innate funding model and there's no barrier to anyone issuing a cert to any particular domain while a
by 1letterunixname 4y ago
Free CAs are prone to fraud and abuse because they have no innate funding model and there's no barrier to anyone issuing a cert to any particular domain while attempting to circumvent domain authentication.
- TonyTrapp 4y ago> there's no barrier to anyone issuing a cert to any particular domain while attempting to circumvent domain authentication. Let's Encrypt has a much better track record at preventing people from issuing certs for random domains compared to many other commercial entities.