Let’s Encrypt available in open beta

The beta of Let’s Encrypt has been available to everyone since Thursday. It is now possible to use Let’s Encrypt without being invited during the public beta period.

Let’s Encrypt has recently distributed 26,000 certificates during the limited beta period. During that period, the organization claims to have gained many important insights into how the systems work. The process for the end user has now also been sufficiently refined.

Before Let’s Encrypt drops the beta label, more needs to be done, especially towards the end user. Automation is an important cornerstone of the strategy, which means that the client must function well on as many platforms as possible. As the organization enters the public beta period, the number of users and with it the feedback should increase rapidly.

Let’s Encrypt was announced a year ago by EFF with the aim of enabling website administrators to install a certificate for a website in under a minute. Sponsors include Mozilla, Akamai, Cisco, Eff, IdenTrust, Internet Society and Facebook. The latter only reported on 3 December.