The following errata report has been held for document update 
for RFC8555, "Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)". 

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You may review the report below and at:
https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid6843

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Status: Held for Document Update
Type: Technical

Reported by: James Kasten <jdkas...@umich.edu>
Date Reported: 2022-02-08
Held by: Roman Danyliw (IESG)

Section: 8.3

Original Text
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Because many web servers
allocate a default HTTPS virtual host to a particular low-privilege
tenant user in a subtle and non-intuitive manner, the challenge must
be completed over HTTP, not HTTPS.


Corrected Text
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Because many web servers
allocate a default HTTPS virtual host to a particular low-privilege
tenant user in a subtle and non-intuitive manner, the challenge must
be initiated over HTTP, not HTTPS.

Notes
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Completing the entire http-01 challenge over HTTP is unnecessary. The threat of 
default HTTPS virtual hosts is remediated by "initiating" the http-01 challenge 
over HTTP. Validation servers which redirect from HTTP to HTTPS should be 
permitted following the rest of the guidance within Section 10, Security 
Considerations.

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RFC8555 (draft-ietf-acme-acme-18)
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Title               : Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME)
Publication Date    : March 2019
Author(s)           : R. Barnes, J. Hoffman-Andrews, D. McCarney, J. Kasten
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Automated Certificate Management Environment
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG

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