The 301 redirect works only for hostnames with publicly exposed webservers.
All other hosts have to deal with the downsides of dns-01 challenges
compared to the http-01 flow.


On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 2:49 PM Q Misell <q...@as207960.net> wrote:

> I still fail to understand why a 301 redirect to somewhere else doesn't
> satisfy this?
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> Ar Gwen, 17 Ion 2025 am 19:55 Jared Crawford <jmcrawfor...@gmail.com>
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>> I believe this would achieve all of the same benefits as you describe,
>>> except for "Reduced Exposure". At which point, I think it is reasonable
>>> to
>>> suggest that Applicants use the "dns-01" method if their goal is to get
>>> certificates for hostnames whose webservers are not publicly exposed.
>>
>>
>>
>> The dns-01 method does address some of these cases but comes with its own
>> trade-offs, such as:
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Performance: We see significantly slower and less reliable
>>    validations with dns-01 as compared to http-01.
>>    -
>>
>>    Non-parallelizable issuance: dns-account-01 somewhat addresses this,
>>    but requires creating / managing multiple accounts.
>>
>>
>> The key distinction is that the HTTP-based delegation retains the
>> operational simplicity of http-01 for organizations that are already
>> comfortable using it, while addressing the constraints of environments
>> where dns-01 performance is problematic.
>>
>>
>> As an alternative, we considered implementing dns-01 with a custom
>> DNS-speaking server that fronts a challenge database. This addresses the
>> above concerns without a change to ACME, but introduces additional
>> complexity and likely isn’t feasible for most consumers.
>>
>>
>> I hope this clarifies the motivation for this proposal.
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