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Re:Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now by mmsc on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @08:31AM (#42193779)
>letsencrypt uses that to verify that my website has the magic file.

So, instead, use the other authentication methods. For example, DNS.

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Re:Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now by guappa on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @09:15AM (#42194090)
Is that easier to configure? (no it isn't)
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Re:Let's Encrypt is 10 years old now by mmsc on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @11:03AM (#42195180)
Setting a single DNS record which doesn't need to be change is more difficult than setting a crontab to open port 80 "around the time you expect the ACME challenge"?

How's that?

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