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In response to #6594. [Fixes #6594.] To execute OCSP requests, certbot relies currently on a openssl binary execution. If openssl is not present in the PATH, the OCSP check will be silently ignored. Since version 2.4, cryptography has support for OCSP requests, without the need to have openssl binary available locally. This PR takes advantage of it, and will use the built-in support of OCSP in cryptography for versions >= 2.4. Otherwise, fallback is done do a direct call to openssl binary, allowing oldest requirements to still work with legacy cryptography versions. Update: requirement is now cryptography >= 2.5, to avoid to rely on a private method from cryptography. * Implement logic using cryptography * Working OSCP using pure cryptography * Fix openssl usage in unit tests * Reduce verbosity * Add tests * Improve naive skipIf * Test resiliency * Update ocsp.py * Validate OCSP response. Unify OCSP URL get * Improve resiliency checks, correct lint/mypy * Improve hash selection * Fix warnings when calling openssl bin * Load OCSP tests assets as vectors. * Update ocsp.py * Protect against invalid ocsp response. * Add checks to OCSP response * Add more control on ocsp response * Be lenient about assertion that next_update must be in the future, similarly to openssl. * Construct a more advanced OCSP response mock to trigger more logic in ocsp module. * Add test * Refactor signature process to use crypto_util * Fallback for cryptography 2.4 * Avoid a collision with a meteor. * Correct method signature documentation * Relax OCSP update interval * Trigger built-in ocsp logic from cryptography with 2.5+ * Update pinned version of cryptography * Update certbot/ocsp.py Co-Authored-By: adferrand <adferrand@users.noreply.github.com> * Update ocsp.py * Update ocsp_test.py * Update CHANGELOG.md * Update CHANGELOG.md
Certbot is part of EFF’s effort to encrypt the entire Internet. Secure communication over the Web relies on HTTPS, which requires the use of a digital certificate that lets browsers verify the identity of web servers (e.g., is that really google.com?). Web servers obtain their certificates from trusted third parties called certificate authorities (CAs). Certbot is an easy-to-use client that fetches a certificate from Let’s Encrypt—an open certificate authority launched by the EFF, Mozilla, and others—and deploys it to a web server.
Anyone who has gone through the trouble of setting up a secure website knows what a hassle getting and maintaining a certificate is. Certbot and Let’s Encrypt can automate away the pain and let you turn on and manage HTTPS with simple commands. Using Certbot and Let's Encrypt is free, so there’s no need to arrange payment.
How you use Certbot depends on the configuration of your web server. The best way to get started is to use our interactive guide. It generates instructions based on your configuration settings. In most cases, you’ll need root or administrator access to your web server to run Certbot.
Certbot is meant to be run directly on your web server, not on your personal computer. If you’re using a hosted service and don’t have direct access to your web server, you might not be able to use Certbot. Check with your hosting provider for documentation about uploading certificates or using certificates issued by Let’s Encrypt.
Certbot is a fully-featured, extensible client for the Let's Encrypt CA (or any other CA that speaks the ACME protocol) that can automate the tasks of obtaining certificates and configuring webservers to use them. This client runs on Unix-based operating systems.
To see the changes made to Certbot between versions please refer to our changelog.
Until May 2016, Certbot was named simply letsencrypt or
letsencrypt-auto, depending on install method. Instructions
on the Internet, and some pieces of the software, may still refer to
this older name.
Contributing
If you'd like to contribute to this project please read Developer Guide.
Installation
The easiest way to install Certbot is by visiting certbot.eff.org, where you can find the correct installation instructions for many web server and OS combinations. For more information, see Get Certbot.
How to run the client
In many cases, you can just run certbot-auto or
certbot, and the client will guide you through the process
of obtaining and installing certs interactively.
For full command line help, you can type:
./certbot-auto --help allYou can also tell it exactly what you want it to do from the command
line. For instance, if you want to obtain a cert for
example.com, www.example.com, and
other.example.net, using the Apache plugin to both obtain
and install the certs, you could do this:
./certbot-auto --apache -d example.com -d www.example.com -d other.example.net(The first time you run the command, it will make an account, and ask
for an email and agreement to the Let's Encrypt Subscriber Agreement;
you can automate those with --email and
--agree-tos)
If you want to use a webserver that doesn't have full plugin support yet, you can still use "standalone" or "webroot" plugins to obtain a certificate:
./certbot-auto certonly --standalone --email admin@example.com -d example.com -d www.example.com -d other.example.netUnderstanding the client in more depth
To understand what the client is doing in detail, it's important to understand the way it uses plugins. Please see the explanation of plugins in the User Guide.
Links
Documentation: https://certbot.eff.org/docs
Software project: https://github.com/certbot/certbot
Notes for developers: https://certbot.eff.org/docs/contributing.html
Main Website: https://certbot.eff.org
Let's Encrypt Website: https://letsencrypt.org
Community: https://community.letsencrypt.org
ACME spec: http://ietf-wg-acme.github.io/acme/
ACME working area in github: https://github.com/ietf-wg-acme/acme
System Requirements
See https://certbot.eff.org/docs/install.html#system-requirements.
Current Features
- Supports multiple web servers:
- apache/2.x
- nginx/0.8.48+
- webroot (adds files to webroot directories in order to prove control of domains and obtain certs)
- standalone (runs its own simple webserver to prove you control a domain)
- other server software via third party plugins
- The private key is generated locally on your system.
- Can talk to the Let's Encrypt CA or optionally to other ACME compliant services.
- Can get domain-validated (DV) certificates.
- Can revoke certificates.
- Adjustable RSA key bit-length (2048 (default), 4096, ...).
- Can optionally install a http -> https redirect, so your site effectively runs https only (Apache only)
- Fully automated.
- Configuration changes are logged and can be reverted.
- Supports an interactive text UI, or can be driven entirely from the command line.
- Free and Open Source Software, made with Python.
For extensive documentation on using and contributing to Certbot, go to https://certbot.eff.org/docs. If you would like to contribute to the project or run the latest code from git, you should read our developer guide.