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Letsencrypt is under US jurisdiction. Is there a free-er alternative? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 8 hours ago by Sibbo@sopuli.xyz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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I know that I can simply make my own private certificate authority that only I and my family trust. But is there some public provider like letsencrypt that is in a free-er part of the world than the US?

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Usually they make money with extended certificates where they not only offer a certificate for example.com but also certify that it belongs to Example Ltd.

Those extended certificates used to show the company name next to address bars, but I don't think browsers do that anymore.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

a certificate for example.com

also certify that it belongs to Example Ltd.

I thought that was the whole point of a certificate, to show that the website belongs to the company? Or nah?

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, the point is to encrypt the traffic and tell you what you are receiving really comes from example.com and not an evil third party.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Ah, right. That's the primary purpose, thank you for the reminder! 🙏

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

It's actually to prove that a web server belongs to (or is trusted by for delivering their content) a specific website.

qualified certificates go a step further, by proving that a web server belongs to a specific company or a real person. but that's costly, because verification is inherently more difficult.