Hacker News with Generative AI: Certificate Authorities

Decentralized Naming and Certificate Authority (handshake.org)
Handshake is a decentralized, permissionless naming protocol where every peer is validating and in charge of managing the root DNS naming zone with the goal of creating an alternative to existing Certificate Authorities and naming systems.
Decentralization, Blockchain, DNS, Certificate Authorities, Security
17 points by nkjoep 4 days ago | 1 comments
Let's Encrypt Ending Support for Expiration Notification Emails (letsencrypt.org)
Security, Email, Certificate Authorities, Technology, Online Security
80 points by mdwern 30 days ago | 12 comments
Build a tiny CA for your homelab with a Raspberry Pi (smallstep.com)
TL;DR In this tutorial, we're going to build a tiny, standalone, online Certificate Authority (CA) that will mint TLS certificates and is secured with a YubiKey. It will be an internal ACME server on our local network (ACME is the same protocol used by Let's Encrypt). The YubiKey will securely store the CA private keys and sign certificates, acting as a cheap alternative to a Hardware Security Module (HSM).
Security, Raspberry Pi, Networking, Certificate Authorities, DIY
229 points by timkq 33 days ago | 54 comments
Certificate Authorities and the Fragility of Internet Safety (azeemba.com)
Mistakes by CAs undermine HTTPS and safety on the internet
Security, Internet, Certificate Authorities
37 points by LinuxBender 79 days ago | 31 comments
Jeremy Rowley resigns from DigiCert due to mass-revocation incident (mozilla.org)
Cybersecurity, Resignation, Certificate Authorities
130 points by CaliforniaKarl 199 days ago | 65 comments