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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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