Let's Encrypt Root and Intermediate Certificates | Linux Today

Let’s Encrypt Root and Intermediate Certificates

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 8, 2015

The keys and certificates that will underlie Let’s Encrypt have been generated. This was done during a key ceremony at a secure facility today. The following objects were created:

    Key pair and self-signed cert for the ISRG root

      Key pair and certificate for the ISRG root’s OCSP

        Key pairs and certificates for two Let’s Encrypt intermediate CAs

          CRL under the ISRG root showing that the Let’s Encrypt intermediates have not been revoked

            Web Webster

            Web Webster

            Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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