Linux Foundation to host Let's Encrypt

The Linux Foundation (LF) has announcedthat it will serve as host of the Let's Encryptproject, as well as the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG).Let's Encrypt is the free, automated SSL/TLS certificate authoritythat was announced in November 2014 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation(EFF) to provide TLS certificates for every domain on the web. ISRG isthe non-profit organization created to spearhead efforts like Let'sEncrypt (which, as of now, is ISRG's only public project). In the LFannouncement, executive director Jim Zemlin notes that "byhosting this important encryption project in a neutral forum we canaccelerate the work towards a free, automated and easy securitycertification process that benefits millions of people around theworld."