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		9point6 on Nov 5, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trying out Let's Encrypt (beta) What was the thinking behind the decision to require the tool to run a server on port 80, It's not unmanageable, but having to kill my web server to get new certs seems an odd decision to make.

jlgaddis on Nov 5, 2015 [–]

Using port 80 requires root access to the host, which was intended to prevent (unprivileged) users on a shared web host from running this tool.

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