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tags: [networks, server-management, encryption]
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created: Sunday, February 09, 2025
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# Let's Encrypt
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ACME (Automatic Certificate Management Environment) is an open source protocol
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that automates the process of obtaining and renewing SSL/TLS certificates.
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Let's Encrypt (LE) created this protocol and uses it to issue certificates.
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Certbot is a popular ACME client that communicates with the LE servers to
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- validate domain ownership
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- request certificates
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- install the certificates on the web server
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- handle automatic renewals
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Let's Encrypt was founded by the
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[Internet Security Research Group](https://www.abetterinternet.org/). Certbot
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was created independently by the EFF and is maintained by them.
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