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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Self-signed certificates be like:

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think that's a very good comparison. Self signed certificates can be very good. In fact, they can be more secure, depending on your threat model, because you don't have to trust the root.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Yeah, you're right. It isn't a comparison, just that action of signing something yourself is quite funny when you look at it from end user's perspective.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

True but this is what it seems like from end user's perspective

[–] nl_the_shadow 5 points 1 year ago

Joke's on you, I'm the only user of my PKI.