New Intermediate Certificates

On Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Let’s Encrypt generated 10 new Intermediate CA Key Pairs, and issued 15 new Intermediate CA Certificates containing the new public keys. These new intermediate certificates provide smaller and more efficient certificate chains to Let’s Encrypt Subscribers, enhancing the overall online experience in terms of speed, security, and accessibility.

First, a bit of history. In September, 2020, Let’s Encrypt issued a new root and collection of intermediate certificates. Those certificates helped us improve the privacy …

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