This was also posted on EFF’s blog.
As we announced earlier this year, Let’s Encrypt now issues IP address and six-day certificates to the general public. The Certbot team at the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been working on two improvements to support these features: the --preferred-profile
flag released last year in Certbot 4.0, and the --ip-address
flag, new in Certbot 5.3. With these impr...
The article describes a significant development in digital security: the ability for the general public to obtain IP address and six-day certificates from Let’s Encrypt using Certbot. This move toward increased internet security is a positive step, but it also raises questions about the broader landscape of cybersecurity. For instance, while Certbot only supports obtaining IP address certificates at this time, there may be other methods or tools emerging that could further strengthen digital sec...
