# Site Feedback

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## ["+ New Topic" fails to show "Default Questions"](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/new-topic-fails-to-show-default-questions/35995)

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**Author:** [@rg305](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/rg305)\
**Replies:** 12\
**Last updated:** [June 27, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/new-topic-fails-to-show-default-questions/35995 "2022-06-27T22:26:11Z")

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+New topic works as expected if selections are made in top-down, left-right "order": 1. Title 2. Select Category 3. Post some content 4. Create Topic +New Topic fails to show "Default Questions" when "out-of-order" Lik…

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## [Ambiguity in Getting Started](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ambiguity-in-getting-started/179877)

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**Author:** [@yuzr](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/yuzr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2022, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ambiguity-in-getting-started/179877 "2022-06-23T13:01:25Z")

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"software that uses the ACME protocol which typically runs on your web host." software runs on host? protocol runs on host? both?

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## [Let's Encrypt Status.io Usage Changes](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/lets-encrypt-status-io-usage-changes/179391)

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**Author:** [@jillian](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/jillian)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 11:53pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/lets-encrypt-status-io-usage-changes/179391 "2022-06-13T23:53:33Z")

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The Let's Encrypt status page will no longer be updated with maintenance windows for updates to the Boulder source code (ACME API components). We often recommend folks subscribe to our status page to get updates on main…

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## [Historical list of certificates issued for ALL users?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/historical-list-of-certificates-issued-for-all-users/178155)

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**Author:** [@albek47](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/albek47)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [May 23, 2022, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/historical-list-of-certificates-issued-for-all-users/178155 "2022-05-23T19:42:59Z")

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There used to be a way to see each domain, certificate, and iP address used to get the certificate for LE certs. I can't seem to find that link anymore. Is it still public?

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## [Improving the service status widget](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/improving-the-service-status-widget/178059)

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**Author:** [@JamesLE](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/JamesLE)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/improving-the-service-status-widget/178059 "2022-05-21T19:16:52Z")

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@jsha and I are making improvements to the Status.io widget that shows up in the community forum's header when a service is disrupted. The message will now show which service is disrupted. For example: Service status: S…

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## [Error in pip instructions?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-in-pip-instructions/176074)

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**Author:** [@mudeth](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mudeth)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [May 9, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-in-pip-instructions/176074 "2022-05-09T15:09:05Z")

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Re: Certbot Instructions | Certbot Under the last section, for monthly upgrades, the command provided is: sudo /opt/certbot/bin/pip install --upgrade I think that should be sudo /opt/certbot/bin/pip install --upgrade…

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## [Dark Mode Appreciated](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dark-mode-appreciated/174532)

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**Author:** [@Shadow8472](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Shadow8472)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2022, 12:57am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dark-mode-appreciated/174532 "2022-03-28T00:57:15Z")

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Continuing the discussion from Allow users to select dark mode theme: I can't help but notice that this forum is strikingly similar to one for OpenWRT router firmware. Did the dark mode ever make it upstream, or did it …

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## [Openbsd instructions give commands with \`sudo\`](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/openbsd-instructions-give-commands-with-sudo/174494)

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**Author:** [@wildwestrom](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/wildwestrom)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 26, 2022, 8:26am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/openbsd-instructions-give-commands-with-sudo/174494 "2022-03-26T08:26:03Z")

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I'm reporting a slight mistake. On the instructions for installing certbot on openbsd, it gives a few commands that use sudo instead of doas. For example: sudo certbot certonly --standalone sudo certbot certonly --we…

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## [Ambiguous rate limit documentation](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ambiguous-rate-limit-documentation/171260)

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**Author:** [@mholt](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/mholt)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 7, 2022, 5:02am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/ambiguous-rate-limit-documentation/171260 "2022-02-07T05:02:14Z")

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On this page: It says: Overrides If you’ve hit a rate limit, we don’t have a way to temporarily reset it. You’ll need to wait until the rate limit expires after a week. Why do rate limits take 1 whole week to rese…

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## [What is the relationship between the revoking list and OCSP Stapling?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-is-the-relationship-between-the-revoking-list-and-ocsp-stapling/171099)

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**Author:** [@coeurl](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/coeurl)\
**Replies:** 44\
**Last updated:** [February 4, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-is-the-relationship-between-the-revoking-list-and-ocsp-stapling/171099 "2022-02-04T16:53:56Z")

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refs. Questions about Renewing before TLS-ALPN-01 Revocations The revoking list has been released and I think about 2 million certificates have been revoked. Many of the URLs in this list of domain names have had their …

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## [Don't say "propagation" in DNS](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dont-say-propagation-in-dns/171127)

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**Author:** [@coeurl](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/coeurl)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [February 3, 2022, 6:15am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dont-say-propagation-in-dns/171127 "2022-02-03T06:15:08Z")

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Most DNS providers have a “propagation time” that governs how long it takes from the time you update a DNS record until it’s available on all of their servers. It can be hard to measure this because they often also use …

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## [Error in FreeBSD Certbot install instructions](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-in-freebsd-certbot-install-instructions/171129)

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**Author:** [@sckzor](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/sckzor)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2022, 3:53pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/error-in-freebsd-certbot-install-instructions/171129 "2022-02-02T15:53:45Z")

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Hello people of the forum, I was recently installing Certbot on some of my FreeBSD servers and I noticed that the package name in the FreeBSD repository has changed from "py37-certbot" to "py38-certbot" to keep up with …

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## [Is the date in the third column notBefore or notAfter?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/is-the-date-in-the-third-column-notbefore-or-notafter/170912)

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**Author:** [@coeurl](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/coeurl)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [January 31, 2022, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/is-the-date-in-the-third-column-notbefore-or-notafter/170912 "2022-01-31T18:08:00Z")

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refs. Questions about Renewing before TLS-ALPN-01 Revocations The article describes it as follows. 123456,"03e1ce2c0324f9ca93417fc8886f87f34857","2022-01-25T18:25:29Z","letsencrypt.org","www.letsencrypt.org","status.le…

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## [Firefox on FreeBSD gives me the mobile site](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/firefox-on-freebsd-gives-me-the-mobile-site/170632)

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**Author:** [@leres](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/leres)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 27, 2022, 9:48am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/firefox-on-freebsd-gives-me-the-mobile-site/170632 "2022-01-27T09:48:05Z")

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I have a FreeBSD desktop. When I visit https://community.letsencrypt.org/ with firefox, it gives me the mobile site. If I use chrome I get the desktop site. Looks like my user agent is: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd6…

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## [Weird DNS response resolving acme-v02.api via 1.1.1.1](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weird-dns-response-resolving-acme-v02-api-via-1-1-1-1/169475)

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**Author:** [@youfu](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/youfu)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [January 13, 2022, 4:54am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/weird-dns-response-resolving-acme-v02-api-via-1-1-1-1/169475 "2022-01-13T04:54:16Z")

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My daily cron job has problem accessing API endpoint every several days like this: (client software: dehydrated) Problem connecting to server (get for https://acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory; curl returned with 6…

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## [How to download, install, and set the new security certificate for google chrome & safari on el capitan](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-download-install-and-set-the-new-security-certificate-for-google-chrome-safari-on-el-capitan/167924)

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**Author:** [@audiomixer8](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/audiomixer8)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 19, 2021, 4:17am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-download-install-and-set-the-new-security-certificate-for-google-chrome-safari-on-el-capitan/167924 "2021-12-19T04:17:06Z")

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HOW TO DOWNLOAD, INSTALL, AND SET THE NEW SECURITY CERTIFICATE FOR GOOGLE CHROME & SAFARI ON EL CAPITAN This worked 100% on my 2008 Mac Pro Tower running El Capitan (extremely fast and reliable for its age, but cannot i…

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## [Shell access (confusingly) referred from certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/⟨OS⟩-⟨HTTPD⟩](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/shell-access-confusingly-referred-from-certbot-eff-org-lets-encrypt-os-httpd/164505)

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**Author:** [@Incnis-Mrsi](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Incnis-Mrsi)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/shell-access-confusingly-referred-from-certbot-eff-org-lets-encrypt-os-httpd/164505 "2021-11-01T23:12:53Z")

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Hello. Can anybody fix the documentation provided at certbot.eff.org/lets-encrypt/OS-HTTPD? Dammit, the thing assumed under ...which is hosted on a server which you can access is correctly named “shell access”. It is n…

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## [Change forum username](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/change-forum-username/162785)

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**Author:** [@MRYD9877VC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/MRYD9877VC)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [October 11, 2021, 11:10am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/change-forum-username/162785 "2021-10-11T11:10:11Z")

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How do I change my public username on this site?

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## [Recommended chain](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/recommended-chain/160429)

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**Author:** [@sdeziel](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/sdeziel)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [September 24, 2021, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/recommended-chain/160429 "2021-09-24T19:43:09Z")

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On Chain of Trust - Let's Encrypt, it is said: Almost all server operators will choose to serve a chain including the intermediate certificate with Subject “R3” and Issuer “DST Root CA X3.” As far as I understand, th…

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## [How to overcome Certbot none renewal of expired certificate](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-overcome-certbot-none-renewal-of-expired-certificate/159172)

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**Author:** [@TonyEncrypts](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/TonyEncrypts)\
**Replies:** 21\
**Last updated:** [September 4, 2021, 10:44am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/how-to-overcome-certbot-none-renewal-of-expired-certificate/159172 "2021-09-04T10:44:08Z")

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How does one renew a certbot certificate on Ubuntu 20.04 that has expired but certbot renew says isn't due for renewal. A dry run returns: Congratulations, all renewals succeeded. The following certs have been renewed:…

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## [Does LetsEncrypt have an online cert authority?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/does-letsencrypt-have-an-online-cert-authority/158151)

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**Author:** [@Usalabs](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Usalabs)\
**Replies:** 22\
**Last updated:** [August 24, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/does-letsencrypt-have-an-online-cert-authority/158151 "2021-08-24T20:55:21Z")

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I'm using 'Site Feedback' because all the other categories request some sort of info regarding what version I'm using, what this and that, and this is the only category that doesn't, as I'm actually asking a question not…

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## [Recommendation for a new feature](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/recommendation-for-a-new-feature/157948)

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**Author:** [@DanielA](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/DanielA)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 23, 2021, 3:12am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/recommendation-for-a-new-feature/157948 "2021-08-23T03:12:40Z")

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Hello, I am a software developer with an IT security background. I love what your organization does, i.e. protecting users against IT vulnerabilities and giving free SSL to website owners. As a well-known Certificate …

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## [What happened to the ZeroSSL 3 90 day certs?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-happened-to-the-zerossl-3-90-day-certs/158068)

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**Author:** [@Usalabs](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Usalabs)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 19, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/what-happened-to-the-zerossl-3-90-day-certs/158068 "2021-08-19T13:14:37Z")

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From what I've seen here, ZeroSSL has teamed up with LetsEncrypt right? If so, then this is the right place to post a problem. It seems ZeroSSL has rescinded their limit of 3x90 day certs for the free plan, but now onl…

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## [TLS-ALPN-01 support](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/tls-alpn-01-support/157780)

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**Author:** [@tlhackque](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/tlhackque)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 14, 2021, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/tls-alpn-01-support/157780 "2021-08-14T15:21:15Z")

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https://letsencrypt.org/docs/challenge-types/ needs to be updated. Under TLS-ALPN-01 it states that mainstream web servers like Apache and Nginx could someday implement this and It’s not supported by Apache, Nginx, …

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## [Not Recommending Certbot Because of Reliance on Snap](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/not-recommending-certbot-because-of-reliance-on-snap/156943)

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**Author:** [@cazort](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/cazort)\
**Replies:** 70\
**Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/not-recommending-certbot-because-of-reliance-on-snap/156943 "2021-08-12T22:19:09Z")

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The Getting Started page on the website heavily steers people in the direction of Certbot: We recommend that most people with shell access use the Certbot ACME client. This may have been fine originally, but more rec…

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## [Certbot macOS crontab instructions need fixing](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-macos-crontab-instructions-need-fixing/157215)

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**Author:** [@RussellM72](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/RussellM72)\
**Replies:** 14\
**Last updated:** [August 11, 2021, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/certbot-macos-crontab-instructions-need-fixing/157215 "2021-08-11T17:10:41Z")

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The current instructions for adding certbot renewal to /etc/crontab on macOS don't seem to work. At least they don't seem to work on macOS High Sierra. I had to modify the entry in crontab to have the complete path to …

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## [Glossary for letsencrypt.org/docs](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/glossary-for-letsencrypt-org-docs/77160)

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**Author:** [@tdelmas](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/tdelmas)\
**Replies:** 25\
**Last updated:** [August 8, 2021, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/glossary-for-letsencrypt-org-docs/77160 "2021-08-08T20:18:17Z")

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I created a Glossary for Let’s encrypt documentation and I would like your feedback: https://github.com/letsencrypt/website/pull/415 Ping @jsha because of https://github.com/letsencrypt/website/issues/380#issuecomment-4…

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## [Reopen: Relocate Letsencrypt Directory?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/reopen-relocate-letsencrypt-directory/157230)

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**Author:** [@daave](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/daave)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [August 6, 2021, 5:45am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/reopen-relocate-letsencrypt-directory/157230 "2021-08-06T05:45:50Z")

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Would it be possible to reopen the following thread? I have found an elegant solution to my original problem and would like to share. Relocate Letsencrypt Directory

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## [Letsencrypt.org not accessible from Iran](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/letsencrypt-org-not-accessible-from-iran/156871)

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**Author:** [@aerfanr](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/aerfanr)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [August 1, 2021, 7:41am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/letsencrypt-org-not-accessible-from-iran/156871 "2021-08-01T07:41:27Z")

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Hi. I cannot visit letsencrypt.org from Iran. When I run curl -L letsencrypt.org I receive 503 service unavailable. I tried using different network connections and environments. But only when I use a VPN, I can access …

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## [Typo on "Chain of Trust" Info Page](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/typo-on-chain-of-trust-info-page/156570)

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**Author:** [@maxi322](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/maxi322)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [July 27, 2021, 11:19am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/typo-on-chain-of-trust-info-page/156570 "2021-07-27T11:19:52Z")

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On the German Webpage about the "Chain of Trust" that Let's Encrypt uses, there is a small Typo, I just wanted to inform about it so it can be corrected sometimes: Website: It states the following: Während wir unsere…

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