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It means the barrier of entry to the SSL certificate market gets higher, favouring established players


I kind of get your point, but think about what low barrier of entry for becoming a CA would imply.

Also, there are loads of other requirements except this one and they are there for good reasons. It’s not easy to get your root certificate accepted by Firefox/Google/Microsoft/Apple and it shouldn’t be.


Renting five servers 500km apart each, spread across at least two continents is hardly a difficult or costly requirement




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