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Dogtag Certificate System vs Let's Encrypt

Dogtag Certificate System

dogtagpki.org

Let's Encrypt

letsencrypt.org

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FigureDogtag Certificate SystemLet's Encrypt
Price fromFreeFree
Free planYesYes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
Web—Yes
Windows—Yes
macOS—Yes
LinuxYesYes
APIYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published13
Spec score · Certificate Management Software7.9 (#12)8.6 (#5)
Spec score · Public Key Infrastructure Software7.9 (#11)8.6 (#3)
Intended usersThe site describes Dogtag as a collection of technologies for enterprises deploying PKI on a large scale.The service is available to people and organizations worldwide that need certificates for domain-named servers, including web, mail, and FTP servers.
LicenseThe project README identifies the software license as GPL-2.0.Boulder is open source under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.

Plans

Dogtag Certificate System

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Let's Encrypt

  • Let's Encrypt certificatesFree
  • Let's Encrypt certificatesFree
  • Short-lived certificatesFree

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Dogtag Certificate System

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Let's Encrypt

Let’s Encrypt is a global Certificate Authority that provides SSL/TLS certificates for HTTPS connections. The ACME protocol verifies control of a domain, and compatible clients can automate issuance, management, and renewal. Its client directory includes Apache HTTP Server, Caddy, nginx, Kubernetes, Docker, and Windows/IIS environments. Certificates are Domain Validation only; Let’s Encrypt says it does not plan to issue Organization Validation or Extended Validation certificates. Wildcard certificates are available through the DNS-01 challenge. Standard certificates last 90 days, with an optional six-day lifetime; these periods cannot be adjusted. Subscribers generate and manage private keys on their own servers. Issued and revoked certificates are publicly recorded, and the service says its certificates are trusted by most browsers and operating systems. Certificates cost nothing. A registered domain can receive up to 50 certificates every seven days under published rate limits. Direct subscriber support is not offered.

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