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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/rsc/letsencrypt/lets.go b/vendor/github.com/rsc/letsencrypt/lets.go index c0168b56a..f112af31c 100644 --- a/vendor/github.com/rsc/letsencrypt/lets.go +++ b/vendor/github.com/rsc/letsencrypt/lets.go @@ -8,6 +8,30 @@ // that can prove control over the given domain's DNS records or // the servers pointed at by those records. // +// Warning +// +// Like any other random code you find on the internet, this package should +// not be relied upon in important, production systems without thorough testing +// to ensure that it meets your needs. +// +// In the long term you should be using +// https://golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert instead of this package. +// Send improvements there, not here. +// +// This is a package that I wrote for my own personal web sites (swtch.com, rsc.io) +// in a hurry when my paid-for SSL certificate was expiring. It has no tests, +// has barely been used, and there is some anecdotal evidence that it does +// not properly renew certificates in a timely fashion, so servers that run for +// more than 3 months may run into trouble. +// I don't run this code anymore: to simplify maintenance, I moved the sites +// off of Ubuntu VMs and onto Google App Engine, configured with inexpensive +// long-term certificates purchased from cheapsslsecurity.com. +// +// This package was interesting primarily as an example of how simple the API +// for using LetsEncrypt.org could be made, in contrast to the low-level +// implementations that existed at the time. In that respect, it helped inform +// the design of the golang.org/x/crypto/acme/autocert package. +// // Quick Start // // A complete HTTP/HTTPS web server using TLS certificates from LetsEncrypt.org, |