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What's
lencr.org
lencr.org
is a domain name owned by Let's
Encrypt: We use it to host data that is referenced inside the certificates we
ssue_
Why is my computer fetching this data? Is it malicious?
No, the data on
lencr.org
never malicious When a device connects to Lencr.org
it's because client software on that
device (like
web browser or an
app} connected to another site,
sawa Ler's
Encrypt certificate, and is trying to verify that it's
valid. This is routine for many clients_
We can't speak to whether the other site
being connected to is malicious If youre investigating network accivity thac seems
unusual, thenyou
want to focus on the connection that started just before the connection tO
lencr
org
The pattern of clients connections to
lencr
org
might look unusual or intermitrent Clients might never rerrieve this data;
only retrieve subsets of it; or "cache" some Cata for efficiency, so theyll only access ic somecimes (che first cime they need it,
and when the data may have expired)
What exactly is this data for?
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