@kurtseifried @joshbressers Your discussion of this complex and fascinating subject was informative and entertaining as ever, even for someone who still remembers when you used special web server software [Hullo, @iamamoose ] to support Netscape's fancy new secure socket layers and the rigmarole involved in obtaining a certificate, not to mention the cost of wildcard and extended validation.
It's hard to overstate the importance and impact of @letsencrypt
@troyhunt provides his usual insightful commentary, including on the increasingly shady business of certificate authorities and vendors, at https://www.troyhunt.com/tag/ssl/