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21CTO
21CTO
Oct 7, 2026 · Information Security

Cloudflare to Launch Free Public CA with ACME Automation and Post-Quantum MTC

Cloudflare plans to become a public certificate authority offering free, automated TLS certificates via ACME, leveraging GlobalSign's trusted root for immediate compatibility, while pursuing operational transparency and Merkle Tree Certificates for post-quantum readiness, providing a redundant alternative to Let's Encrypt for Linux admins and self-hosted developers.

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Cloudflare to Launch Free Public CA with ACME Automation and Post-Quantum MTC
21CTO
21CTO
Dec 2, 2025 · Information Security

What Let’s Encrypt’s New Certificate Validity Rules Mean for Your SSL Setup

Let’s Encrypt will shorten default TLS/SSL certificate lifetimes from 90 to 45 days and reduce domain‑validation reuse windows to seven hours, rolling out a trial in May 2026, a default change in July 2027, and full enforcement in August 2028, while also introducing a persistent DNS‑TXT validation method.

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What Let’s Encrypt’s New Certificate Validity Rules Mean for Your SSL Setup
Linux Ops Smart Journey
Linux Ops Smart Journey
Oct 1, 2024 · Cloud Native

Configure cert-manager Issuers & ClusterIssuers for Secure Kubernetes

This guide walks you through the fundamentals of cert-manager in Kubernetes, explaining the difference between Issuer and ClusterIssuer, and provides step‑by‑step commands to create self‑signed, CA, and ACME issuers, verify them, and reference official documentation for secure certificate automation.

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Configure cert-manager Issuers & ClusterIssuers for Secure Kubernetes