{"id":9296,"date":"2016-04-12T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/?p=9296"},"modified":"2016-04-12T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T16:01:15","slug":"mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2016\/04\/12\/mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta\/","title":{"rendered":"Mozilla-supported Let\u2019s Encrypt goes out of Beta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, Mozilla teamed up with Akamai, Cisco, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Identrust, and the University of Michigan to found <a href=\"https:\/\/letsencrypt.org\/\">Let\u2019s Encrypt<\/a> \u00a0in order to move the Web towards universal encryption. Today, Let\u2019s Encrypt is leaving beta. We here at Mozilla are very proud of Let\u2019s Encrypt reaching this stage of maturity<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s Encrypt is a free, automated and open Web certificate authority that helps make it easy for any Web site to turn on encryption. Let\u2019s Encrypt uses an open protocol called <a href=\"http:\/\/ietf-wg-acme.github.io\/acme\/\">ACME<\/a> which is being standardized in the IETF. There are already over 40 independent implementations of ACME. Several web hosting services such as Dreamhost and Automattic, who runs WordPress.com, also use ACME to integrate with Let\u2019s Encrypt and provide security that is on by default.<\/p>\n<p>HTTPS, the protocol that forms the basis of Web security, has been around for a long time. However, as of the end of 2015, only <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/23z19yj\">~40% of page views<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/mzl.la\/23z18u8\">~65% of transactions<\/a> used HTTPS. Those numbers should both be 100% if the Web is to provide the level of privacy and security that people expect. One of the biggest barriers to setting up a secure Web site is getting a \u201ccertificate\u201d, which is the digital credential that lets Web browsers make certain they are talking to the right site. Historically the process of getting certificates has been difficult and expensive, making it a major roadblock towards universal encryption.<\/p>\n<p>In the six months since its beta launch in November 2015, Let\u2019s Encrypt has issued more than 1.7 million certificates for approximately 2.4 million domain names, and is currently issuing more than 20,000 certificates a day. More than 90% of Let\u2019s Encrypt certificates are protecting web sites that never had security before. In addition, more than 20 other companies have joined Let\u2019s Encrypt, making it a true cross-industry effort.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations and thanks to everyone who has been part of making Let\u2019s Encrypt happen. Security needs to be a fundamental part of the Web and Let\u2019s Encrypt is playing a key role in making the Internet more secure for everyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, Mozilla teamed up with Akamai, Cisco, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Identrust, and the University of Michigan to found Let\u2019s Encrypt \u00a0in order to move the Web towards universal &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2016\/04\/12\/mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1241,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173936,69],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mozilla-supported Let\u2019s Encrypt goes out of Beta - The Mozilla Blog (Archived)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2016\/04\/12\/mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Bryant\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2016\/04\/12\/mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/blogarchive\/blog\/2016\/04\/12\/mozilla-supported-lets-encrypt-goes-out-of-beta\/\",\"name\":\"Mozilla-supported Let\u2019s Encrypt goes out of Beta - 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