Security News > 2020 > June > Lettuce Encrypt, Encrypt We Must: Hobby projects change name after Let's Encrypt fires off trademark complaints

An open-source project for automating the installation of free Let's Encrypt certificates for websites built with Microsoft's ASP.NET Core framework was forced to change its name after a trademark complaint from the Internet Security Research Group.

Nate McMaster worked at Microsoft when Let's Encrypt was launched and started a "Hobby project" to provide a Let's Encrypt API for ASP.NET core applications.

The name he chose is Lettuce Encrypt - "100% organic and best served cold with ranch and carrots."

Whether Lettuce Encrypt is useful depends on the exact hosting scenario.

Second, "If third party software offerings use our Let's Encrypt brand name, they have the potential to confuse users, who will not be sure if any given 'Let's Encrypt' software package originates from us or from a third party, like the projects in question here."

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