Tag: tls

  • Six seconds was the evidence

    A certificate was issued in six seconds. That was taken as proof the new certificate provider worked.. It proved the opposite of what it appeared to, and the speed was the tell.

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  • Why Caddy

    Every web request that reaches this lab from the internet arrives at a reverse proxy first. That proxy terminates the encrypted connection, works out which internal service the request is for, and forwards it there. It is also responsible for…

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  • The certificate challenge that was never enabled

    This one never failed. It was found by reading, before anything ran, and that is the only reason it is a short story rather than a long one.

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  • Every light was green and DNS was dead

    Two new DNS resolvers went live. The configuration validated. Both services reported active. Every internal name resolved correctly, on both machines.

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  • Status: tier one, the edge is up

    First status update, so it doubles as a baseline: this is where the lab stands on the day the site went up.

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