Whats the difference between OpenSSL and LetsEncrypt?

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Andrew Graham-Yooll picture Andrew Graham-Yooll · Jun 30, 2017 · Viewed 9.9k times · Source

Historically we have used LetsEncrypt at work, but the nginx container we are using has Openssl installed on it already.

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PaulProgrammer picture PaulProgrammer · Jun 30, 2017

LetsEncrypt is a free certificate authority. OpenSSL is a software package for generating certificates. The LetsEncrypt scripts use OpenSSL to generate certificates and sign them with the LetsEncrypt service.

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