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This commit introduces support for the ACME tls-alpn-01 challenge type, as specified in RFC 8737. This allows for domain validation by presenting a specific certificate during a TLS handshake using the ALPN extension.

Key changes include:

  • Challenge Definition: Added tls-alpn-01 as a recognized challenge type.
  • Certificate Generation: Implemented AcmeClient.generateAlpnCertificate() to create the required self-signed certificate with a subjectAlternativeName and a critical acmeIdentifier extension containing the SHA-256 digest of the key authorization.
  • TLS Handshake Modification:
    • AcmeSSLContext now uses a custom X509ExtendedKeyManager (AlpnKeyManager).
    • This key manager dynamically selects the ALPN challenge certificate when the acme-tls/1 protocol is negotiated via ALPN and the SNI hostname matches a domain undergoing ALPN-01 validation.
  • AcmeClient Update:
    • AcmeClient.provision() now handles the tls-alpn-01 challenge, including generating the certificate, instructing AcmeSSLContext to use it, and providing a cleanup mechanism.
  • Configuration:
    • You can now specify preferred challenge types via the challengeTypes attribute on the <acme> element in the XML configuration (e.g., challengeTypes="tls-alpn-01,http-01").
    • AcmeClient will attempt challenges based on this preferred order.
  • Testing:
    • Added unit tests for certificate generation, AlpnKeyManager (conceptual tests due to private inner class), end-to-end AcmeClient provisioning flow for ALPN-01, and configuration parsing.

This allows you to leverage ALPN-01 for domain validation, which can be particularly useful in environments where modifying HTTP request handling for http-01 is difficult, such as behind certain load balancers or CDNs.

This commit introduces support for the ACME `tls-alpn-01` challenge type,
as specified in RFC 8737. This allows for domain validation by presenting
a specific certificate during a TLS handshake using the ALPN extension.

Key changes include:

- **Challenge Definition:** Added `tls-alpn-01` as a recognized challenge type.
- **Certificate Generation:** Implemented `AcmeClient.generateAlpnCertificate()`
  to create the required self-signed certificate with a
  `subjectAlternativeName` and a critical `acmeIdentifier` extension
  containing the SHA-256 digest of the key authorization.
- **TLS Handshake Modification:**
    - `AcmeSSLContext` now uses a custom `X509ExtendedKeyManager`
      (`AlpnKeyManager`).
    - This key manager dynamically selects the ALPN challenge certificate
      when the `acme-tls/1` protocol is negotiated via ALPN and the SNI
      hostname matches a domain undergoing ALPN-01 validation.
- **`AcmeClient` Update:**
    - `AcmeClient.provision()` now handles the `tls-alpn-01` challenge,
      including generating the certificate, instructing `AcmeSSLContext` to
      use it, and providing a cleanup mechanism.
- **Configuration:**
    - You can now specify preferred challenge types via the
      `challengeTypes` attribute on the `<acme>` element in the XML
      configuration (e.g., `challengeTypes="tls-alpn-01,http-01"`).
    - `AcmeClient` will attempt challenges based on this preferred order.
- **Testing:**
    - Added unit tests for certificate generation, `AlpnKeyManager`
      (conceptual tests due to private inner class), end-to-end
      `AcmeClient` provisioning flow for ALPN-01, and configuration parsing.

This allows you to leverage ALPN-01 for domain validation, which can
be particularly useful in environments where modifying HTTP request
handling for `http-01` is difficult, such as behind certain load
balancers or CDNs.
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rrayst commented Jul 2, 2025

@t-burch this doesn't even compile... ;)

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