[tech] [spec] TLS statistics
Stephen
stephen at drsudo.com
Wed Dec 30 19:19:22 GMT 2020
> * 66 certs are signed by Let's Encrypt
> * 35 pass OpenSSL validation
> * 359 fail OpenSSL validation (not signed by a trusted CA, expired, etc)
66 is more Let's Encrypt certs than I would have guessed. For better or
worse, they seem a bit out of place in gemini. When I was setting up my
server, I was almost going to use my Let's Encrypt cert, but I'm glad I
didn't. The Let's Encrypt method is antithetical to the TOFU model of
certs. Using a trusted CA is irrelevant and regularly updating your
certs (often a month in advance of expiry) is not good with TOFU.
> * 3 : Not After 9999
I wish I had gone this way. I think with TOFU this is the only sane way
(essentially same as ssh host keys).
~Stephen
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