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| author | WouterTinus <wouter.tinus@gmail.com> | 2019-09-02 21:49:48 +0200 |
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| committer | WouterTinus <wouter.tinus@gmail.com> | 2019-09-02 21:49:48 +0200 |
| commit | 789fd34620b6e8f35b29738f2f0454261e734b9f (patch) | |
| tree | 1d40cfa865f3a0f85ca544509425681fc766c433 /docs/reference/plugins/validation/http | |
| parent | 88087cd562cfe162456377cc2a9f525a76e22d88 (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/index.md | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/sftp.md | 2 |
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/index.md b/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/index.md index 41a4f3d..25c8164 100644 --- a/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/index.md +++ b/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/index.md @@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ sidebar: reference # HTTP validation HTTP validation works as follows: -- For each domain, e.g. `sub.example.com`, the ACME server provides a -challenge consisting of an `x` and `y` value (it's a little more complicated than that, -but for the sake of this explanation it will suffice). +- For each domain (e.g. `sub.example.com`), the ACME server sends a +challenge consisting of an `x` and `y` value. The truth is actually a little +more complicated than that, but for the sake of this explanation it will suffice. - The client has to make sure that when the ACME server makes a request -to `http://sub.example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/x`, the answer will be exactly `y`. +to `http://sub.example.com/.well-known/acme-challenge/x`, the content of the HTTP +response will be `y` with some specific headers set as well. - The validation request is *always* made to port 80, that cannot be changed. -- Let's Encrypt **does** follow 301/302 redirects +- The ACME server **does** follow 301/302 redirects. - There may be more than one validation request for the same token, e.g. from different locations or different protocols (IPv4/IPv6). - Let's Encrypt does **not** disclose the source locations of these requests, which diff --git a/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/sftp.md b/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/sftp.md index ab565fe..62d59cc 100644 --- a/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/sftp.md +++ b/docs/reference/plugins/validation/http/sftp.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ sidebar: reference --- # SFTP -This plugin uploads the validation challenge to a SSH FTP / SFTP server. +This plugin uploads the validation challenge to a SSH FTP, also known as SFTP, server. {% include validation-http-common.md %} |