With Let's Encrypt, any webmaster interested in implementing HTTPS for their services can get the certificates for free, which is a great move for encouraging people to encrypt their users’ connections to their websites.
Let's Encrypt is a combined effort of digital-era rights advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Mozilla Foundation, Cisco Systems, Internet content distributor Akamai Technologies, certificate provider IdenTrust and researchers from the University of Michigan.
Generally, the process of implementation of an SSL certificate, including the need to obtain and install a certificate, is complicated for most web developers as it sounds.
In most cases, the cost related issues force web administrators to give up on using encrypted connections. Read Full Article