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Fastly Expands Domains API and TLS Capabilities with Domainr Acquisition and General Availability of Certainly Certification Authority
Advancements propel Fastly’s mission to enhance trust and security for its customers and across the internet SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fastly, Inc.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nAdvancements propel Fastly’s mission to enhance trust and security for its customers and across the internet\n\n\n SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nFastly, Inc. (NYSE: FSLY), a leader in global edge cloud platforms, today announced two major developments in its domain name API and Transport Layer Security (TLS) capabilities: the acquisition of Domainr, an ICANN-accredited real-time domain availability API provider, as well as general availability of Certainly, Fastly’s publicly-trusted TLS Certification Authority (CA). These developments significantly advance Fastly’s edge cloud platform as well as its mission to foster a global web infrastructure that is more accessible, trusted and secure.\n\n\n“Through the availability of Certainly and the acquisition of Domainr, we are continuing to empower our customers to own and control what they create, and how they create it – all backed by the most trusted and reliable domain availability and TLS experience possible,” said Fastly CEO Todd Nightingale. “By offering these fundamental building blocks alongside our industry-leading content delivery network, Compute@Edge, and beyond, Fastly is proud to be an engine for the best builders and the best platforms on the internet.”\n\n\nCertainly provides simple, trusted TLS certificates for Fastly customers\n\n\nTLS provides security and legitimacy to websites or applications by serving traffic over HTTPS. For TLS to work, domains need to be validated and approved by a trusted CA that issues certificates to web servers, thus confirming ownership of a site. In response to several CA incidents affecting Fastly customers, Fastly set out to create a modern CA that embraces industry best practices, and released Certainly in limited availability in February 2023.\n\n\nCertainly gives users the option to create and manage certificates issued by Certainly to secure any website or application programming interface (API) endpoint served by Fastly. By bringing the essential capability of issuing TLS certificates in-house, Certainly gives Fastly greater control over the level of service it provides throughout the entire certification lifecycle, from provisioning to renewing, all backed by Fastly’s speedy global delivery network. By offering a 30-day validity period paired with automation, Certainly achieves a higher level of security by reducing the tim...