pfSense + CloudFlare + Let’s Encrypt with acme bug

I’ve recently try to manage Let’s Encrypt certificates for my pfSense with acme package. My DNS is managed in CloudFlare. I was happy to see that Let’s Encrypt and CloudFlare are supported and tried it out. Unfortunately, I was stuck with error after error: ErrorError add txt for domain:_acme-challenge.xxx.yyy.com_on_issue_errPlease check log file for more details:
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Ad blocking addon to pfsense

Go to your pfsense console. Go to System->Package Manager, and look for pfBlockerNG, then click Install button Once installed, go to Firewall->pfBlockerNG Check the box for Enable pfBlockerNG, then scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page, and click Save Go to DBSBL, and check the box next to Enable DBSBL. Then
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Home Automation – The Basic

Creating a smart home, with connected devices have been gaining popularity over the recent years. This applies to both residential and commercial fields. Over the past 2 years, I’ve managed to play around with this at home, and managed to introduced a number of smartness into my home. What is Smart Home? What is Automation?
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AWS VPN to Third Party AWS Cloud

I’ve recently worked on a piece of work, which involves establishing a VPN connectivity from AWS hosted applications to web services hosted in another third party AWS cloud. It is interesting to find out that AWS Managed VPN connection works quite differently from a typical VPN connection to a remote host.  It is actually expecting
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