Description: Fraser works on Dogtag PKI and FreeIPA IdM in the employ of Red Hat. He is passionate about functional programming, security and privacy and has strong feelings about the (un)suitablility of JSON for crypto formats.
Securing public web servers with TLS is a complex process that involves:
Pay $$$ to a certificate authority.
Prove ownership of a domain; typically an ad-hoc manual procedure.
Request a certificate; many different request formats and enrolment protocols exist.
Configure the server to use the certificate; not as straightforward as it ought to be.
Is it any wonder so many sites remain unsecured?
Let’s Encrypt is an initiative to deliver TLS everywhere by establishing a free certificate authority and providing new tools to automate domain validation and certificate provisioning. A mid-2015 launch is planned, the project being driven by the EFF, Mozilla, Akamai, Cisco and IdenTrust.
At the heart of Let’s Encrypt is Automated Certificate Management Environment (ACME), a JSON-over-HTTPS protocol that defines validation challenges and responses, certificate issuance and revocation messages.
This talk will explain ACME, examine its strengths, weaknesses and limitations, and discuss client and server implementation considerations. A live demo of the complete ACME workflow from domain validation to certificate installation and server reconfiguration will give the audience a taste of what it will be like to use ACME. The talk will conclude with a look at possible future use cases and suggestions on how to contribute to the success of Let’s Encrypt.
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