ACME Test Service
Meerkat ACME Subscriber Agreement
This agreement applies when you create or use an ACME account, request certificates, validate identifiers, download certificates, or revoke certificates through the Meerkat ACME test service.
Test Service Only
The Meerkat ACME service is operated as a test certificate authority service. Certificates issued by this service are not represented as publicly trusted certificates and must not be used where a publicly trusted TLS certificate is required.
Account and Terms Acceptance
By setting termsOfServiceAgreed to true or otherwise using a client option such as --agree-tos, you accept this agreement for the ACME account and requests made with that account key.
Subscriber Responsibilities
- You must request certificates only for DNS names that you control or are authorized to use.
- You must keep account keys and private keys secure.
- You must provide accurate contact information when your ACME client sends it.
- You must stop using and revoke certificates if a private key is compromised, control of an identifier is lost, or certificate contents are no longer accurate.
- You must not use the service for abuse, phishing, malware, unauthorized interception, or attempts to evade rate limits or validation controls.
Validation and CAA
The service validates domain control using supported ACME challenge methods. Pending challenge values may be reused for up to 1 day. Completed domain validations may be reused for up to 30 days, subject to CAA checks and service policy. CAA is checked before validation and again before issuance.
Issuance, Linting, and Transparency
The service may issue and lint a precertificate before final issuance. Issuance can be refused if linting, CAA, domain validation, rate limits, CSR checks, CT submission, or other policy checks fail. Issued certificates may include embedded SCTs from the local test CT log.
Revocation
You may request revocation through the ACME revokeCert endpoint. The service may also revoke or refuse certificates for misuse, inaccurate information, key compromise, operational risk, or policy violation.
Availability and Changes
The service is provided for testing and may be changed, rate-limited, interrupted, or discontinued. Policies, endpoints, supported validation methods, and reuse periods may change as the test environment evolves.
No Warranty
The service and certificates are provided as-is, without warranties of availability, fitness for a particular purpose, browser trust, or uninterrupted operation.
Contact
Have a question about this agreement or the ACME test service? Use the contact form.