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sludin

@sludin

Chief Architect for Akamai’s Web Experience group. Making the web faster and more secure. He works out of Akamai’s west-coast headquarters.

 Northern California
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Joined July 2008
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Eights years with Let's Encrypt. There are few projects that I have been involved with that make me as proud as what LE has accomplished: letsencrypt.org/2023/01/19/r…
Thank you to our 2023 renewing sponsors

Thank you to our 2023 renewing sponsors

At ISRG, we often say, “as a nonprofit, 100% of our funding comes from charitable contributions.” But what does that actually look like? For nearly a decade, the vast majority of our funding has come...

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My thoughts on Target Cache Control: blogs.akamai.com/2021/06/tar…
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I empathize with the difficult choice faced by Let’s Encrypt here, and I think they did the right thing given the circumstances. Having had to balance similar trade offs during Heartbleed, there are rarely choices that are simple.
Let's Encrypt (@letsencrypt) profile pictureLet's Encrypt@letsencrypt5 Mar 2020
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For the remaining 1M certificates that we could not confirm were replaced, we determined that it is in the best interest of the health of the Internet for us to not revoke those certificates by the deadline. We will continue revoking these certs as they are replaced.
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Stephen Ludin explains why migrating to the Edge enables businesses to deliver the instant experiences that customers expect, while tightening their security. (And why a platform with only a handful of global points of presence isn’t really at the Edge.) bit.ly/2E2cvpw
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Latest article: The Edge Advantage networkcomputing.com/cloud-i…
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Latest article: HTTP/2's role in helping with UX. networkcomputing.com/network…
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'99th percentile is what most of your web pages will see. It’s not “rare"' bravenewgeek.com/everything-… bravenewgeek.com/wp-content/…

Everything You Know About Latency Is Wrong

Okay, maybe not everything you know about latency is wrong. But now that I have your attention, we can talk about why the tools and methodologies you use to measure and reason about latency are...

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HTTP/3 prioritization proposal from @patmeena github.com/pmeenan/http3-pri… looks great. A welcome improvement on HTTP/2's trees
GitHub - pmeenan/http3-prioritization-proposal: Proposal for a prioritization scheme that does not...

GitHub - pmeenan/http3-prioritization-proposal: Proposal for a prioritization scheme that does not...

Proposal for a prioritization scheme that does not use stream dependencies. - pmeenan/http3-prioritization-proposal

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Wondering where we may be going with evolving the #DNS? Concerned about the ramifications of DoH and what it means for various stakeholders? My new @Akamai blog post attempts to provide some context and perspectives: blogs.akamai.com/2018/10/arc…
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Thank you to our sponsor @OVH for your support over the years, we applaud your innovations for a more secure Web as you use Let's Encrypt certificates! letsencrypt.org/2017/03/23/o…
OVH Renews Platinum Sponsorship of Let's Encrypt

OVH Renews Platinum Sponsorship of Let's Encrypt

We’re pleased to announce that OVH has renewed their support for Let’s Encrypt as a Platinum sponsor for the next three years. OVH’s strong support for Let’s Encrypt will go a long way towards...

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Let's Encrypt now supports ACMEv2 and wildcard certificates. More information here: community.letsencrypt.org/t/…
ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live

ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live

We’re pleased to announce that ACMEv2 and wildcard certificate support is live! With today’s new features we’re continuing to break down barriers for HTTPS adoption across the Web by making it even...

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Let's Encrypt wildcard certificates and ACMEv2 are available today! More information can be found here: community.letsencrypt.org/t/…
ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live

ACME v2 and Wildcard Certificate Support is Live

We’re pleased to announce that ACMEv2 and wildcard certificate support is live! With today’s new features we’re continuing to break down barriers for HTTPS adoption across the Web by making it even...

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Blog post from @Akamai: Past time to enable #HTTPS on sites before Google Chrome marks HTTP sites as 'not secure'. Highlights: significant growth in % of HTTPS requests and HTTPS sites on Akamai over past few years. bit.ly/2tqNzFh
Image from Erik also @erik@nygren.org / @nygren@hachyderm.io (@akanygren)
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If your org needs web performance help or guidance, you really can't do better than getting @tkadlec to help you with that! teapaw.org/tkadlec/status/9706985…
Tim Kadlec (@tkadlec) profile pictureTim Kadlec@tkadlec5 Mar 2018
Some big and exciting news for me! I'm returning to independent work, helping folks who want to build a faster web that works for everyone. timkadlec.com/remembers/2018…
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Huckabee Sanders: I doubt "any person in America" cares about Trump asking FBI chief who he voted for hill.cm/mGX3VEB
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Meatloaf in the senate. My faith in politics is restored. theweek.com/speedreads/74155…
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#KezarNights
Use Let's Encrypt certificates to make your site more secure: letsencrypt.org/getting-star…
Getting Started

Getting Started

Let’s Encrypt issues certificates through an automated API based on the ACME protocol. In order to interact with the Let’s Encrypt API and get a certificate, a piece of software called an “ACME...

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Excitement is high! Go Deltas! Thanks for a season of awesomeness. #KezarNight #NASL17
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Go SF Deltas! Here’s to leaving the field tomorrow with a well earned championship. #KezarNights
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