Yes, basically.  You could have another server that handles the
certificate updates and then copy those to the back end packetfence servers.

On 2/22/17 7:16 AM, Arthur Emerson wrote:
> Stupid question - What does the LE server need to do when it connects
> to the PF server?  If it is just checking that the name resolves in
> public DNS, could the PF server's *public* DNS name be pointed at
> another web server to get past this test???
> 
> -Arthur
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> From: Jason 'XenoPhage' Frisvold <[email protected]>
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> Date: February 21, 2017 at 10:35:13 PM
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> Subject: Re: [PacketFence-users] Lets Encrypt compatability
> 
>> I haven't tried it with packetfence, but LE works great for typical
>> websites. It requires a public website, though, so if you're going to
>> use it for your portal, the LE servers will need to be able to get to it.
>>
>> On 2/15/17 12:19, Sallee, Jake wrote:
>> > Hello All! 
>> > 
>> > My current captive portal cert is through Comodo, suddenly all kinds of 
>> > devices are very upset about this fact.
>> > 
>> > Most mobile devices no longer trust my cert and now some desktop/laptop 
>> > systems are complaining as well.
>> > 
>> > Since it looks like I will need to be replacing my cert I was wondering 
>> > about using Lets Encrypt.
>> > 
>> > It looks like a really nice project and the cost is right up my alley! 
>> > 
>> > Is there any reason I should not use a LE cert? Anyone see a problem with 
>> > this path?
>> > 
>> > Jake Sallee 
>> > Godfather of Bandwidth 
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