Comment by dannyw
12 hours ago
Without DV certs, much of the web might not be encrypted at all.
I think few independent site owners would go through the more costly and complicated EV process.
12 hours ago
Without DV certs, much of the web might not be encrypted at all.
I think few independent site owners would go through the more costly and complicated EV process.
Bingo... that was muchly the case prior to Let's Encrypt's introduction. They single handily changed prevailing practices outside of big tech.
That's a bit of an exaggeration. Domain-validated certificates already existed, and were fairly commonplace, before Let's Encrypt. What was different about LE was that their certificates were free.
Most independent site owners couldn't obtain an EV certificate even if they wanted to - the process effectively requires that the applicant be a business.