# Where can i find more information about the standards that uses Let's Encrypt

**URL:** <https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-can-i-find-more-information-about-the-standards-that-uses-lets-encrypt/19252>\
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**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-can-i-find-more-information-about-the-standards-that-uses-lets-encrypt/19252 "2016-08-24T21:43:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rafael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4da419/32.png) [@Rafael](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/Rafael)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-can-i-find-more-information-about-the-standards-that-uses-lets-encrypt/19252/1 "2016-08-24T21:43:36Z")

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Please fill out the fields below so we can help you better.

My domain is:

I ran this command:

It produced this output:

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I can login to a root shell on my machine (yes or no, or I don’t know):

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**Author:** ![pfg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/user_avatar/community.letsencrypt.org/pfg/32/1924_2.png) [@pfg](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/pfg)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-can-i-find-more-information-about-the-standards-that-uses-lets-encrypt/19252/2 "2016-08-24T23:00:54Z")

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If you're referring to ACME, the protocol Let's Encrypt supports for certificate issuance, take a look at this thread:

> [@Any online documentation available for ACME protocol?](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/any-online-documentation-available-for-acme-protocol/19224):
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> H…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/letsencrypt/original/3X/c/a/ca6c06ea1ea201324bba7048c6841ce60236468d.png) [@system](https://community.letsencrypt.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/where-can-i-find-more-information-about-the-standards-that-uses-lets-encrypt/19252/3 "2016-09-23T23:01:01Z")

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Closed on September 23, 2016, 11:01pm UTC

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