[aklug] Re: Free Digital Certificate

On 06/19/2015 06:07 PM, Royce Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:34 PM, Mike <alaskabarsalou@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Anyone following this?
>>
>> http://www.computerworld.com/article/2936347/security/free-ssltls-certificate-project-moves-closer-to-launch.html
>
> Yep, very interested. Certificate distribution at the "yes, this is
> my domain" level is functionality that could (and should) have been
> freely distributed via DNS TXT records or something, so I'm very happy
> to see that the very overpriced SSL/TLS certificate market is going to
> be balanced out by something like this.

I remember a half dozen years back or so when Linux Journal printed a
series on SPF. After that, adoption jumped quite a bit. Not as much as
would be nice, but a bit of publicity really helped.

The demise of print media is really a shame; I don't have any numbers
but my gut tells me that it was a great way to get the word out on
specific technologies. The web is a fast/cheap way to do it, but I
don't think it's as focused. But who knows, maybe this will get some
traction and be widely adopted in time...

...Kevin

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Juneau, Alaska
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