[tech] [spec] TLS statistics

Stephane Bortzmeyer stephane at sources.org
Sun Jan 3 15:14:12 GMT 2021
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:19:22AM -0800,
 Stephen <stephen at drsudo.com> wrote 
 a message of 18 lines which said:

> 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.

This is one of the weaknesses of the current spec (and why I think it
is far from finished). Using a CA like Let's Encrypt is not forbidden
but there is no detail about how it goes with TOFU. For instance, when
a certificate (or key?) changes, is it TOFU-OK if it is signed by a
recognized CA?




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