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Re:Rate Limits by JoshTriplett on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @01:56PM (#12306717)
> The chances of automation failing is higher than the chance our SSL certs will need revocation.

Given a 90-day duration, set up automated renewal for every 30 days, and if that renewal fails, you'll have 60 days to deal with it.

Re:Rate Limits by waterphone on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @06:03PM (#12308835)
Or just do what Let's Encrypt suggests and have a cron job that runs certbot-auto's renewal command twice a day, every day? It doesn't actually renew until nearing the end of the 3 month cycle, but by having two attempts per day it will make it far more likely to go through if the network is down or something otherwise prevents it from renewing one of the times. They, of course, also will email you repeatedly as you near the end if you haven't yet renewed.
Re:Rate Limits by nickpsecurity on Wednesday August 17, 2016 @03:00PM (#12307370)
Sounds like a great strategy!