# Dns challenge for letsencrypt-auto

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-challenge-for-letsencrypt-auto/11989>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [March 5, 2016, 11:29am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-challenge-for-letsencrypt-auto/11989 "2016-03-05T11:29:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 5, 2016, 11:38am UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/dns-challenge-for-letsencrypt-auto/11989/2 "2016-03-05T11:38:52Z")

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It's correct, the official client doesn't support the DNS challenge yet. The progress is currently tracked in this ticket:

> <https://github.com/certbot/certbot/pull/2061>
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> Tested against a local dev version of the non-spec server, should also work agai…nst the soon-to-be-updated staging server.

In case you are open to consider other alternatives, other unofficial clients already support it.

> [@List of Client Implementations](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/list-of-client-implementations/2103):
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> L…

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