How to Get Free HTTPS Certificates from Let's Encrypt

Mike Robinson

Abstract


There has been a push by many organizations in recent years to move all websites from non-secure HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. Let's Encrypt is a new certificate authority that provides both free HTTPS certificates and tools to easily install them.  Let's Encrypt can be easily installed on a variety of library servers.  Vendors and content providers in the library world should begin integrating support for Let's Encrypt into their products and services.

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Encrypting the Web

https://www.eff.org/encrypt-the-web

Let’s Encrypt

https://letsencrypt.org/

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Web Hosting Providers with Let's Encrypt Support

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/web-hosting-who-support-lets-encrypt/6920




DOI: https://doi.org/10.5860/jifp.v2i1.6248

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