# PP086: Using Let’s Encrypt and the ACME Protocol for Domain Validation Certificates

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Podcast: [Packet Protector](https://stenobird.com/podcast/packet-protector-6781347)
Published: 2025-11-11T12:33:15+00:00
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## Resource

Certificates are the socks of IT—everyone needs them, and you always lose track of a few. On today’s show we dive into the ACME protocol, an IETF standard to help automate how a domain owner gets a domain validation certificate from a Certificate Authority (CA). Our guest, Ed Harmoush, a former network engineer with AWS ... Read more »

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