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New README for Let's Encrypt

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Peter Eckersley
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The Chocolate project to implement sweet automatic encryption for webservers. This is the Let's Encrypt Agent DEVELOPER PREVIEW repository.
There are two portions to the Chocolate protocol. DO NOT RUN THIS CODE ON A PRODUCTION WEBSERVER. IT WILL INSTALL CERTIFICATES
SIGNED BY A TEST CA, AND WILL CAUSE CERT WARNINGS FOR USERS.
trustify/ contains code that can be run on any webserver (eventually, This code intended for testing, demonstration, and integration engineering
email, XMPP and other SSL-securable servers too); it is used to automatically with OSes and hosting platforms.
request and install a CA-signed certificate for that server's public names.
server-ca/ contains a reference implementation for CAs to receive requests for
certs, set challenges for the requesting servers to prove that they really
control the names, and issue certificates.
Debian dependencies: Debian packaging work will continue in the separate "debian" branch of this
repo.
build deps:
swig
protobuf-compiler
python-dev
others:
gnutls-bin # for make cert requests
python-protobuf
python-dialog
hashcash
attic/README.md
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alternative method for client webservers to request certificates from a server alternative method for client webservers to request certificates from a server
CA. Lets Encrypt does not plan to speak this protocol, though some of the CA. Lets Encrypt does not plan to speak this protocol, though some of the
things here may be of future use. things here may be of future use.
Notes on this code:
The Chocolate project to implement sweet automatic encryption for webservers.
There are two portions to the Chocolate protocol.
trustify/ contains code that can be run on any webserver (eventually,
email, XMPP and other SSL-securable servers too); it is used to automatically
request and install a CA-signed certificate for that server's public names.
server-ca/ contains a reference implementation for CAs to receive requests for
certs, set challenges for the requesting servers to prove that they really
control the names, and issue certificates.
Debian dependencies:
build deps:
swig
protobuf-compiler
python-dev
others:
gnutls-bin # for make cert requests
python-protobuf
python-dialog
hashcash