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M4v3R on Nov 5, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Trying out Let's Encrypt (beta)

Is there any specific reason they are using port 80, instead of some high, unused port, which would not require root privileges to open?

shawabawa3 on Nov 5, 2015 [–]

I believe so that a user on a shared host can't get a certificate issued for other user's sites

edit: I'm not sure why it doesn't prompt you for a replacement port if 80's in use, as long as that port also requires root permissions to use

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