February 1, 2019 – Dan Langille's Other Diary

Feb 1 2019

ACME domain alias mode

Leave a Comment / Let's Encrypt / By Dan Langille / February 1, 2019

I recently became aware that ACME DNS validation can be accomplished via proxy. By proxy, I mean you can update the DNS records of another domain, not the domain for which the certificate is being issued. Why would you do this (as taken from acme.sh DNS Alias Mode): Your DNS provider does not provide API access; you can’t update the domain easily. You are concerned about the security implications. That is, a third-party […]

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Server build Saturday!

Tomorrow I’ll be doing some server and rack work. I’ll be moving one system into a new chassis, combining two desktops into the old chassis, and putting both chassis back into the rack. There are a bunch of steps here and I want to write them down so they all get done. These steps were completed last night: Remove tape01 and tape02 from the rack. Remove the shelf from the rack which held