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2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	7	1	6
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3

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wtetzner·Apr 12, 2016

> here's not even a hint that their system works in OSes other than Linux. > And there's absolutely nothing there to suggest it supports Windows/IIS. Their "system" is an API for issuing certificates. There's nothing platform specific about that. > right now the website conflates the two badly. From https://letsencrypt.org/getting-started/: You’re welcome to use any compatible client, but we only provide instructions for using the client that we provide. Edit: This is the protocol they use: https://github.com/letsencrypt/acme-spec I found the link here: https://letsencrypt.org/how-it-works/

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