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Getting ready to issue IP address certificates

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314 points Bogdanp | 6 comments | 25 Jun 25 16:21 UTC | HN request time: 0.95s | source | bottom
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mocko ◴[25 Jun 25 17:16 UTC] No.44379696[source]▶
I can see how this would work on a technical level but what's the intended use case?
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1. BiteCode_dev ◴[25 Jun 25 17:21 UTC] No.44379735[source]▶
Static ip for self hosting at home
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2. politelemon ◴[25 Jun 25 17:57 UTC] No.44380087[source]▶
The validity is just 6 days, so I'd assume it's not for long lived use cases? Or am I misunderstanding something
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3. ◴[25 Jun 25 18:00 UTC] No.44380113[source]▶
4. meepmorp ◴[25 Jun 25 18:03 UTC] No.44380153[source]▶
they're only for publicly accessible IP addresses, so they'd work the same as regular letsencrypt certs - get a new one when the old one expires.
5. remram ◴[25 Jun 25 20:56 UTC] No.44381743[source]▶
You can point a name at your home IP just as easily as any other IP.
6. XorNot ◴[25 Jun 25 21:29 UTC] No.44381993[source]▶
Certificate validity has no bearing on availability. It just keeps revocation lists short.