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> it's a few commands to generate a CA My dad still calls my terminals a "DOS window" and doesn't understand why I don't use GUIs like a normal person. He has
by lucb1e 2y ago
> it's a few commands to generate a CA
My dad still calls my terminals a "DOS window" and doesn't understand why I don't use GUIs like a normal person. He has his own business. He absolutely cannot just roll out a CA for secure comms with his local printer or whatever. He literally calls me to help with buying a PDF reader
Myself, I'm employed at a small business and we're all as tech savvy as it gets. It took me several days to set it up on secure hardware (smartcard, figuring out compatibility and broken documentation), making sure I understand what all the options do and that it's secure for years to come and whatnot, working out what the procedure for issuing should be, etc. Eventually got it done, handed it over to the higher-up who gets to issue certs, distribute the CA cert to everyone... it's never used. We have a wiki page with TLS and SSH fingerprints
- JimBlackwood 2y ago> My dad still calls my terminals a "DOS window" and doesn't understand why I don't use GUIs like a normal person. He has his own business. He absolutely cannot just roll out a CA for secure comms with his local printer or whatever. He literally calls me to help with buying a PDF reader This is fair. I assumed all small businesses would be tech startups, haha.
- Retric 2y agoThe vast majority of companies operate just fine without understanding anything about building codes or vehicle repair etc. Paying experts (Ed: setting up internal infrastructure) is a perfectly viable option so the only real question is the amount of effort involved not if random people know how to do something.
- lucb1e 2y agoPaying an expert to come set up a local CA seems rather silly when you'd normally outsource operating one to the people who professionally run a CA
- Retric 2y agoYou’d only need internal certificates if someone had set up internal infrastructure. Expecting that person to do a good job means having working certificates be they internal or external.
- nilslindemann 2y ago> Paying experts is a perfectly viable option Congrats for securing your job by selling the free internet and your soul.
- Retric 2y agoI’m not going to be doing this, but I care about knowledge being free not labor or infrastructure. If someone doesn’t want to learn then nobody needs to help them for free.
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