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So you don't have to run the Let's Encrypt client? I was under the impression you did because without running the client there was no way to communicate with th
by vtlynch 11y ago
So you don't have to run the Let's Encrypt client? I was under the impression you did because without running the client there was no way to communicate with the Let's Encrypt service?
Or do you mean, you can have multiple servers and only need to run the client on one of them?
- schoen 11y agoI mean that you need to run some client software, but it doesn't have to be the client software we're writing. Other people can implement ACME, for example in hosting provider infrastructure or in server software or other configurations. There could be an ACME client where the verification steps indicated to the user are performed manually rather than automatically. You could probably even speak ACME with curl, although quickly generating valid JSON objects that contain valid cryptographic signatures might be a bit challenging. :-) It's also right that you can have multiple servers and only run the client on one of them, if you're willing to copy key material from one server to another.
- vtlynch 11y agoAh gotcha! Thanks for clarifying.