I don't recall the conversation of StartSSL as being "shady" other than
your own opinion. As I remember it, the conversation, as it is now, just
stalled.

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:58 PM, Riley Childs <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> There was....
> The ultimate determination was that startssl was shady....but here comes
> letsencrypt! Another option might be cloudflare?
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Sep 1, 2015, at 12:36 PM, Lisa Rabey <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Wasn't this a discussion about two years ago where myself and several
> > others offered to step up and use a service like
> https://www.startssl.com/,
> > which is free, but it kind of fell by the wayside?
> >
> > _lisa
> >
> >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Eric Hellman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> The "Library Privacy Pledge" has been finalized. See my blog post at
> >>
> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2015/08/update-on-library-privacy-pledge.html
> >> <
> >>
> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2015/08/update-on-library-privacy-pledge.html
> >>
> >> and note that I've set the "description" attribute on the blog to "Move
> >> Blogspot to HTTPS NOW."
> >>
> >> Anyhoo...
> >> Here's the status of Code4lib services:
> >>
> >> www.code4lib.org <http://www.code4lib.org/> HTTPS NOT SUPPORTED.
> Insecure
> >> login!
> >> planet.code4lib.org <http://planet.code4lib.org/>  HTTPS NOT SUPPORTED
> >> jobs.code4lib.org <http://planet.code4lib.org/>  HTTPS NOT SUPPORTED
> >> listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CODE4LIB <
> >> http://listserv.nd.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=CODE4LIB> HTTPS ONLY. Yay.
> >> http://journal.code4lib.org/ <http://journal.code4lib.org/>  HTTPS NOT
> >> SUPPORTED
> >> code4lib.spreadshirt.com <http://code4lib.spreadshirt.com/> HTTPS
> >> SUPPORTED, but serving insecure resoures.
> >> wiki.code4lib.org <http://planet.code4lib.org/>  HTTPS NOT SUPPORTED.
> >> Insecure login!
> >>
> >> So can we start setting an example, now? If cost of certificates is an
> >> issue, I am willing to step up.
> >>
> >>
> >> Eric Hellman
> >> President, Free Ebook Foundation
> >> Founder, Unglue.it https://unglue.it/
> >> http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/
> >> twitter: @gluejar
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > @byshieldmaiden | http://lisa.wtf
> >
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> > “There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, 'Do trousers matter?'"
> > "The mood will pass, sir.”  - P.G. Wodehouse
>



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