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Turns out that my firewall has had an update that changes it's DDOS protection settings, and now apparently it considers the polling of the http port, as a DDOS attack. Thanks for looking at the problem. Problem was found by running very fast parallel queries from a microsoft azure vps. Just odd…

[image] shadowenthegrey: Any ideas on what to do ? Start by ensuring that nothing is blocking the inbound HTTP requests.

If you read the report, i have already validated that the http port is open and working, from a vps in azure cloud, and the local firwalls.

I have also validated the dns records are working.

[image] shadowenthegrey: i have already validated that the http port is open and working, from a vps in azure cloud Is that "/b" record still there with "hi" as the contents? Because I don't see it. Also your tests used your vejen-karate.dk domain but your cert request is for camera.ttsh.dk …

[image] MikeMcQ: I can't reproduce the timeout problem I can't either. I suspect it has something to do with rate limiting / IPS defenses.

I have around 41 domains. all of them share the same .well-known folder, so it is idencally handledt. The url of b and a has changed, because the acme-challenge folder is deleted by certbot after running. I have created another pair of files, that can be reached a directory higher. $ curl http:…

I just ran the script again, to update. snippet of the logs.. Domain: www.roedding-karate.dk Type: connection Detail: 46.32.37.185: Fetching http://www.roedding-karate.dk/.well-known/acme-challenge/uelB0DXmvYgm7ii48DhbvFr-97erodNDmjBwQx2AzzE: Timeout during connect (likely firewall problem) …

Strange problem renewing, claiming firewall issue

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Strange problem renewing, claiming firewall issue

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