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Last updated: Nov 30,2021
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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
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Why is my computer fetching this data? Is it malicious?
No, the data on
lencr.org
is never malicious. When a device connects to
lencr
org
its because client software on that
device (like
web browser or an app) connected to another site, saw a Lets
Encrypt certificate, and is trying to verify that its
valid. This is routine for many clients.
We cant speak to whether the other site being connected to is malicious If youre investigating network activity that seems
unusual, then you may 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 intermittent: Clients might never retrieve this data;
only retrieve subsets of it; or
cache" some data for
efficiency;
theyIl only access it sometimes (the first time they need it,
and when the data may have expired):