Building a certificate authority for the whole Internet
MentionsCloudflare
Twelve years after launching Universal SSL, Cloudflare is applying to become a certificate authority. By combining an established root, an ACME-first approach, and Merkle Tree Certificates, we are building a post-quantum CA for the open web.
Summary from Cloudflare Blog (Security).
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- ConceptCertificate authorityAn organisation trusted to vouch for a website's identity by signing its certificate.
- ProtocolSSL · Secure Sockets LayerThe retired predecessor of TLS; the name lives on in product names such as OpenSSL and "SSL VPN".
- DefencePost-quantum cryptographyNew encryption designed to stay secure once large quantum computers can break today's public-key algorithms.