Re: [Acme] Content-Type and file extensions for HTTP01 challenges

Bryan Livingston <bryanlivingston@gmail.com> Wed, 18 November 2015 15:56 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Acme] Content-Type and file extensions for HTTP01 challenges
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Here's yet another problem reported by a user that would be solved by
switching to .txt answer locations.

https://github.com/Lone-Coder/letsencrypt-win-simple/issues/7

Typically web servers are already setup to host robots.txt so placing a
.txt file on a server should be the least demanding config wise.

On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 7:56 AM, Russ Housley <housley@vigilsec.com> wrote:

>
> > I should have added another option, 3b, drop the Content-Type
> > restriction but allow file extensions.
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> +1
>
> This seems like the best balance.
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> Russ
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