Let's Encrypt
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A free, automated certificate authority that issues publicly trusted TLS certificates at large scale.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 2 article(s) of evidence from 2 source(s), led by open-source activity, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 44%.
Evidence (2)
- 8Cloudflare Blog·9/29/2026securityCloudflare plans to become a public certificate authority
Cloudflare said it intends to become a public certificate authority and has begun the process of applying to major root programs, including Chrome, Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla. It also signed an agreement to acquire an established GlobalSign root to maximize certificate compatibility on older devices, and plans to support post-quantum certificates in the future.
- 4Hacker News·7/9/2026open_sourceUsing split-horizon DNS and public CAs for internal TLS
The article argues that internal services can use public-domain names with split-horizon DNS instead of private TLDs and self-signed certificates. It demonstrates a setup using NetBird for DNS routing, acme.sh with Let’s Encrypt for certificate issuance, and nginx as a reverse proxy/WAF to keep internal services protected while maintaining trusted TLS.