Let's Encrypt is an initiative to launch a certification center for a simplified transition to the HTTPS protocol
This information is dusting in the archive - suddenly outdated. Let's Encrypt is a new initiative to create a certification center, which will be created by the joint efforts of Mozilla, Cisco, Akamai, Identrust and the research center at the University of Michigan. The initiative is aimed at simplifying the transition of the Internet from HTTP to HTTPS. Although the HTTP protocol was very successful, it cannot be called safe.