9 Best Articles in 2022
Filippo Valsorda
mkcert: valid HTTPS certificates for localhost
Filippo Valsorda
2 min read · From 2019 · The web is moving to HTTPS, preventing network attackers from observing or injecting page contents. But HTTPS needs TLS certificates, and while deployment is increasingly a solved issue thanks to the ACME protocol and Let's Encrypt, development still mostly ends up happening over HTTP because no one can get an
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gethttpsforfree.com
Get HTTPS for free! Update: Added wildcard certificate support!
gethttpsforfree.com
4 min read · From 2016 · Nginx installation instructions: Copy and paste the below certificates (the text contains both your domain certificate and intermediate certificate) into a text file called "chained.pem". If not done…
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smallstep.com
Everything you should know about certificates and PKI but are too afraid to ask
smallstep.com
20+ min read · From 2018 · Certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI) are hard. No shit, right? I know a lot of smart people who've avoided this particular rabbit hole. Personally, I avoided it for a long time and felt…
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CNBC
Google announces 100,000 scholarships for online certificates in data analytics, project management and UX
CNBC
4 min read · 2020-07-14 · The certificates are created and taught by Google employees, do not require a college degree, can be completed in three to six months and are offered through the online learning platform, Coursera.
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The Telegraph
Germany will issue coronavirus antibody certificates to allow quarantined to re-enter society
The Telegraph
2 min read · From 2020 · German researchers plan to introduce coronavirus ‘immunity certificates’ to facilitate a proper transition into post-lockdown life, as Chancellor Angela Merkel’s handling of the crisis has led to a…
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letsencrypt.org
Wildcard Certificates Coming January 2018
letsencrypt.org
2 min read · From 2017 · Let’s Encrypt will begin issuing wildcard certificates in January of 2018.
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github.com
FiloSottile/mkcert
github.com
From 2018 · mkcert - A simple zero-config tool to make locally-trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
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EFF
Certbot
EFF
From 2016 · Automatically enable HTTPS on your website with EFF's Certbot, deploying Let's Encrypt certificates.
Shared by 149, including Mohamed JEBLI, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Nils Hitze, Philipp Laurim, Matthias Lampe, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦, Daniel Williams, Ludovic Claude, Stephen C Sanders, designshard, shishir das, Ettore Berardi, Johannes Mairhofer, Stuart Chalmers, Matt, Miguel, Quim, BleepingComputer, Marco Unternaehrer, Patric Fornasier
community.letsencrypt.org
Revoking certain certificates on March 4
community.letsencrypt.org
8 min read · From 2020 · Due to the 2020.02.29 CAA Rechecking Bug, we unfortunately need to revoke many Let’s Encrypt TLS/SSL certificates. We’re e-mailing affected subscribers for whom we have contact information. This post…
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The Washington Post
Okla. stakes out new battleground on LGBTQ rights: Birth certificates
The Washington Post
Apr 30th · On Tuesday, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed a bill prohibiting nonbinary markers on birth certificates for people who don’t identify as male or female — the first law of its kind in the United States, according to legal experts.
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CNN
Oklahoma governor signs law banning nonbinary birth certificates
CNN
2 min read · Apr 27th · Oklahoma Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday signed a new law that bans nonbinary gender markers on birth certificates in the state.
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Engadget
Meta offers new professional certificates through Coursera
Engadget
1 min read · May 4th · Meta has partnered with Coursera, an online learning platform, to launch five new software engineering professional certificates..
Shared by 9, including Matt Navarra, Keith Keller
Rappler
Fortun probe: Doctors 'doctored' Duterte drug war death certificates
Rappler
1 min read · Apr 12th
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Ars Technica
23,000 HTTPS certificates axed after CEO emails private keys
Ars Technica
3 min read · From 2018 · Flap that goes public renews troubling questions about issuance of certificates.
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ZDNet
Government shutdown: TLS certificates not renewed, many websites are down
ZDNet
3 min read · From 2019 · Over 80 government websites are down after TLS certificates and there's nobody on hand to renew them.
Reader View · Shared by 24, including Charles Baldwin, Esther Schindler, Nando 💪🇦🇺🇦🇷, Yann “shalf@mastodon.social” Heurtaux 不停
deliciousbrains.com
How to Setup HTTPS Locally Without Getting Annoying Browser Privacy Errors
deliciousbrains.com
6 min read · From 2017 · Setting up HTTPS locally can be tricky business. Even if you do manage to wrestle self-signed certificates into submission, you still end up with browser privacy errors. In this article, I’ll walk you…
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letsencrypt.org
Let's Encrypt Has Issued a Billion Certificates
letsencrypt.org
2 min read · From 2020 · We issued our billionth certificate on February 27, 2020. We’re going to use this big round number as an opportunity to reflect on what has changed for us, and for the Internet, leading up to this…
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Troy Hunt
Extended Validation Certificates are Dead
Troy Hunt
~20 min read · From 2018 · That's it - I'm calling it - extended validation certificates are dead. Sure, you can still buy them (and there are companies out there that would just love to sell them to you!), but their usefulness has now descended from "barely there" to "as good as non-existent&
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POLITICO
Panic Rooms, Birth Certificates and the Birth of GOP Paranoia
POLITICO
6 min read · 2021-04-02 · How America’s center-right party started to lose its mind, as told by the man who tried to keep it sane.
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vaultproject.io
Vault by HashiCorp
vaultproject.io
1 min read · From 2016 · Vault secures, stores, and tightly controls access to tokens, passwords, certificates, API keys, and other secrets in modern computing. Vault handles leasing, key revocation, key rolling, auditing, and provides secrets as a service through a unified API.
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Coursera
Explore Coursera Course Catalog
Coursera
1 min read · From 2015 · Explore degrees, certificates, Specializations, & MOOCs in data science, computer science, business, and dozens of other topics.
Shared by 51, including Leonid Bugaev, René Clausen Nielsen, F ΞRπλ N-DØ (he, him), Luca Hammer, Aje Arruti Ⓥ💚, Philippe Gauvin, Paddy Zab
FactorDaily
Tamper-proof degree certificates to be India government’s first blockchain project
FactorDaily
5 min read · From 2018 · The first implementation of IndiaChain for issuing digital certificates will be done with IIT-Bombay and colleges under the Delhi University.
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