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FiloSottile / mkcert

A simple zero-config tool to make locally trusted development certificates with any names you'd like.
https://mkcert.dev
BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" License
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[Question] mkcert vs Lets Encrypt #349

Open scheung38 opened 3 years ago

scheung38 commented 3 years ago

Are these two essentially providing the same type of TLS service?

If not could someone point out the main differences.

rfay commented 3 years ago

mkcert and Let's Encrypt are completely unrelated.

Let's Encrypt provides real trusted certs. It can only be used on an internet-connected machine.

mkcert creates certs for testing locally, for development and similar purposes. They are untrusted unless you install the mkcert CA on the client.