About "Let's Encrypt"
Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate authority (CA), run for the public’s benefit. It is a service provided by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).
They give people the digital certificates they need in order to enable HTTPS (SSL/TLS) for websites, for free, in the most user-friendly way we can. We do this because we want to create a more secure and privacy-respecting Web.
The key principles behind Let’s Encrypt are: Free, Automatic, Secure, Transparent, Open, and Cooperative.
source: https://letsencrypt.org/about/
About "Internet Security Research Group (ISRG)"
ISRG is a California public benefit corporation, and is recognized by the IRS as a tax-exempt organization under Section 501©(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. ISRG’s mission is to reduce financial, technological, and educational barriers to secure communication over the Internet.
ISRG is proudly sponsored by a diverse group of organizations, from non-profits to Fortune 100 companies.
source: https://letsencrypt.org/isrg/
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