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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 Lets Encrypt We use it to host data that is referenced
inside the certificates we issue_
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
it's
because client software on that device (like a web browser or an app) connected to another site,
saw a
Lets 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
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, so
theyIl only access it sometimes (the first time
need it; and when the data may have expired):
What exactly is this data for?
When client software (like
web browser or an app) connects to a site, and that site presents a
certificate; the client should verify that the certificate is authentic and valid: This data helps clients
do that in several ways:
Under
lencr
ora
we provide Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) data A client mav
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they