> On 16 Apr 2015, at 15:09, Jacob Hoffman-Andrews <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 04/15/2015 11:04 PM, Bruce Gaya wrote:
>> I want to use an ACME client to get a new certificate without taking down my 
>> existing web services that are using a port 443 (with a self-signed 
>> certificate or a certificate issued by another CA).
> Right now the Simple HTTP and DVSNI challenges are designed specifically
> to work well with a running server. For the DVSNI challenge type, the
> web server must support config reloads without downtime in order to make
> the test cert available under a special SNI name. Can you tell us more
> about why these approaches won’t work for you?

Because using a client-defined port for call backs does not have the 
requirement you just mentioned,  That leads to simpler ACME client design. 

Why must there be a dependency on another process that is already using port 
443?

Bruce
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