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How to use DuckDNS for multiple letsencrypt DNS challenges (normal + wildcard cert)

The tools Let's encrypt is the source of nearly all SSL/TLS certificates for HTTPS at the hobbyist level, offering automatic issuance and renewal of certificates, using challenges offered over HTTP or ...
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Configuring a custom dns and proxy setup

I have a smart-dns setup, Using dnsmasq as the dns server, which always resolves to my server ip address, for a given list of domains. I want a configure either a webserver or proxy program to listen ...
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How to verify that you're using DNS over HTTPS (DoH) with Quad9 / other non Cloudflare DNS providers

I'm using pihole with an upstream DNS server of Quad9 DoH. The upstream DNS and the pihole are configured with docker via a docker-compose.yml file, with the upstream DoH server using the cloudflared ...
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SSL certificates for local web applications [closed]

My understanding is that there are three ways you could go about setting up a intranet web server (local network only) for HTTPS. Self signed SSL certificate. Cons: Browsers typically don't likes ...
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Unable to connect to Synology NAS using my Synology domain over HTTPS on internal network, need to configure DNS Server on NAS?

I just got a new Synology box today. I went through the initial setup and wanted to configure it so that I could connect over HTTPS. I went through the steps in this video https://www.youtube.com/...
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Unable to access my server with my domain name in http with a browser

I installed nginx on my server and want to access it with a browser using my domain name. Basically i can do that using my server IP http://41.111.142.74/ Now trying to do that with my domain name ...
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Set up DNS over HTTPS in Chrome?

Trying to enable DNS over HTTPS in Chrome (ver. 80) on Windows 10 Pro. Tried turning it on at chrome://flags/#dns-over-https as per a FOSSBYTES article but as per https://1.1.1.1/help it is ...
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Cannot access internet from public hotspot

My debian laptop has issues accessing the internet from a hotspot. The first time I connected, I'm pretty sure I had internet after authentificating. My phone is connected on the same wifi without ...
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certbot (Let’s Encrypt) for local domain NXDOMAIN looking up A for **.domain

I am trying to use certbot (Let’s Encrypt) for a local domain. In /etc/hosts I have this. 127.0.0.1 myapp.whitebear.com But when I run certbot (Let’s Encrypt) shows this error. How can I set ...
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Using HTTPS in client browsers on a local network without internet connection

I'm working on a web application running on a server. There will be clients (smartphone browsers) connecting to the server via HTTPS over a WiFi that wouldn't be connected to the internet. It would ...
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https and DNS over https... VPN still needed?

Does using DNS over https + https web pages give equivalent privacy to using a VPN? The DNS service also needs to be trusted (e.g. that they only keep certain logs, for so many days not keeping ...
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How do I set up DNS, AWS S3, AWS Cloudfront, and AWS Certificate Manager to secure multiple sites

I am trying to secure multiple static AWS S3 websites delivered via AWS Cloudfront CDN with one certificate. This AWS article says I should be able to do this, but it's not working. One is a web-app,...
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SSL Certificate for IP Address 1.1.1.1? [duplicate]

How can a IP address have SSL Certificate with different issud to and not showing SSL error? https://1.1.1.1/ The above CloudFlare's site is HTTPS enabled and showing https://1.1.1.1/ in address bar....
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PfSense: redirection to authentication / login page from HTTPS links for unauthentified users

I've installed and configured pfsense 2.2.4 it works well and redirects unauthenticated users to the login page, as long as they use http; but when I type an https link the redirection doesnt work. ...
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DNS,SSL - Local Network

I have a server with 2 IPS: 177.68.XX.YY (public IP) 192.168.10.1 (local IP) This server has a SSL certificate (from Let's encrypt) for https://example.com There are several devices on this server ...
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Can't access HTTPS websites

Probably I reached a state of really don't know what is happening. The problem: Can't access any HTTPS website. To be more specific, the websites load (like Facebook, Gmail or Stackoverflow) but they ...
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How to setup hostname to website in local IIS with HTTPS

I am using Windows 7 with IIS 7.5. I need to setup local websites on the same IP but on different ports with hostnames which I can access locally by using those hostnames. For e.g. Website name: ...
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How do I redirect all HTTP requests to HTTPS when ISP blocks port 80?

I am running a HTTPS web server at home but it has one key flaw: you can't connect to it using port 80. My ISP (Cox) blocked (incoming) port 80, there is nothing I can do about it, but luckily for me ...
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Cannot access host neither through DNS or direct IP address

Here's my problem: I have a Java web application that uses Stormpath API for user management. The communication with this API is through HTTP. Out of nowhere my API call hanged and returned after 3 ...
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How can any “replace your DNS and watch netflix from another country” company work with HTTPS traffic?

There are many services like "unblock-us.com" that make it possible to use geo-restricted services from other countries. The setup is always the same: just replace DNS and that's it. My question is: ...
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How redirect to HTTPS using DNS server?

I use the openDNS servers : 208.67.222.123 / 208.67.220.123 as DNS provider for my PC. When I go to an inappropriate http:// (adult content), I got redirected to https:// open dns site. I just ...
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https version of site not loading on some computers in network

I have just installed an SSL certificate for a website. This site was previously http only. On the company's internal network, most people are now able to access this site through both https and http,...
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DNS records - Site defualts to old https site

I updated the DNS records for a site, which has a https version of the site. Instead of going to the new site which is http not https, the browsers will want to default to the old https version of the ...
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Difference between DNS and /etc/hosts in name resolving during an HTTPS request

My question is: what is the difference between DNS and the static resolution method based on /etc/hosts in name resolving during an HTTPS connection? In order to connect to a site using https the ...
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Cannot access facebook, google, gmail on macOS (timeout) possibly https related?

I'm having the weirdest problem; I can't access facebook.com, gmail.com and google.com (possibly other websites as well). Chrome complains that the website is taking too long to reply, same with ...
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Strange issue with HTTPS URLs in Firefox 5

I have a very annoying problem with Firefox 5 (Windows): whenever I open a new tab and enter an HTTPS URL (like Twitter, Google Mail, ...), the page does not load and after a while I get the standard ...
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Where does Firefox store cerificates and how to delete one?

The root cause of my problem is not known to me, whatever it is, I experience frequent DNS failures. When it happens I cannot browse to my Gmail inbox. I use two DNS settings. One is the public DNS ...
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