Comment on How to selfhost with a VPN
SteveTech@programming.dev 20 hours agoIt shouldn’t be because you’re not actually the owner of the IP address. If any user could get a cert, they could impersonate any other.
They’re ‘shortlived’ 7 day certs, verified using a HTTP challenge. It doesn’t matter who owns the IP, it’s just a matter of who holds the IP.
Laser@feddit.org 20 hours ago
Right, and for the challenge, you need to have access to a privileged port (which usually implies ownership), which you won’t get assigned.
stratself@lemdro.id 20 hours ago
Ah right, completely forgot about that (80 for HTTP-01, 443 for TLS-ALPN-01)