diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e7ad4cfb..51d302ab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ https://github.com/Neilpang/acmetest
 
 - Letsencrypt.org CA(default)
 - [BuyPass.com CA](https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/BuyPass.com-CA)
+- [Pebble strict Mode](https://github.com/letsencrypt/pebble)
 
 # Supported modes
 
@@ -357,8 +358,8 @@ You don't have to do anything manually!
 1. Rackspace Cloud DNS (https://www.rackspace.com)
 1. Online.net API (https://online.net/)
 1. MyDevil.net (https://www.mydevil.net/)
+1. Core-Networks.de (https://core-networks.de)
 1. OpenProvider API (https://www.openprovider.com/)
-
 And:
 
 **lexicon DNS API: https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-lexicon-dns-api
diff --git a/acme.sh b/acme.sh
index 93112a1a..d81812fe 100755
--- a/acme.sh
+++ b/acme.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ END_CERT="-----END CERTIFICATE-----"
 CONTENT_TYPE_JSON="application/jose+json"
 RENEW_SKIP=2
 
+B64CONF_START="__ACME_BASE64__START_"
+B64CONF_END="__ACME_BASE64__END_"
+
 ECC_SEP="_"
 ECC_SUFFIX="${ECC_SEP}ecc"
 
@@ -1827,23 +1830,29 @@ _send_signed_request() {
         nonceurl="$ACME_NEW_NONCE"
         if _post "" "$nonceurl" "" "HEAD" "$__request_conent_type"; then
           _headers="$(cat "$HTTP_HEADER")"
+          _debug2 _headers "$_headers"
+          _CACHED_NONCE="$(echo "$_headers" | grep -i "Replay-Nonce:" | _head_n 1 | tr -d "\r\n " | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
         fi
       fi
-      if [ -z "$_headers" ]; then
+      if [ -z "$_CACHED_NONCE" ]; then
         _debug2 "Get nonce with GET. ACME_DIRECTORY" "$ACME_DIRECTORY"
         nonceurl="$ACME_DIRECTORY"
         _headers="$(_get "$nonceurl" "onlyheader")"
+        _debug2 _headers "$_headers"
+        _CACHED_NONCE="$(echo "$_headers" | grep -i "Replay-Nonce:" | _head_n 1 | tr -d "\r\n " | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
       fi
-
+      if [ -z "$_CACHED_NONCE" ] && [ "$ACME_NEW_NONCE" ]; then
+        _debug2 "Get nonce with GET. ACME_NEW_NONCE" "$ACME_NEW_NONCE"
+        nonceurl="$ACME_NEW_NONCE"
+        _headers="$(_get "$nonceurl" "onlyheader")"
+        _debug2 _headers "$_headers"
+        _CACHED_NONCE="$(echo "$_headers" | grep -i "Replay-Nonce:" | _head_n 1 | tr -d "\r\n " | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
+      fi
+      _debug2 _CACHED_NONCE "$_CACHED_NONCE"
       if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
         _err "Can not connect to $nonceurl to get nonce."
         return 1
       fi
-
-      _debug2 _headers "$_headers"
-
-      _CACHED_NONCE="$(echo "$_headers" | grep "Replay-Nonce:" | _head_n 1 | tr -d "\r\n " | cut -d ':' -f 2)"
-      _debug2 _CACHED_NONCE "$_CACHED_NONCE"
     else
       _debug2 "Use _CACHED_NONCE" "$_CACHED_NONCE"
     fi
@@ -1958,12 +1967,16 @@ _setopt() {
   _debug3 "$(grep -n "^$__opt$__sep" "$__conf")"
 }
 
-#_save_conf  file key  value
+#_save_conf  file key  value base64encode
 #save to conf
 _save_conf() {
   _s_c_f="$1"
   _sdkey="$2"
   _sdvalue="$3"
+  _b64encode="$4"
+  if [ "$_b64encode" ]; then
+    _sdvalue="${B64CONF_START}$(printf "%s" "${_sdvalue}" | _base64)${B64CONF_END}"
+  fi
   if [ "$_s_c_f" ]; then
     _setopt "$_s_c_f" "$_sdkey" "=" "'$_sdvalue'"
   else
@@ -1988,19 +2001,20 @@ _read_conf() {
   _r_c_f="$1"
   _sdkey="$2"
   if [ -f "$_r_c_f" ]; then
-    (
-      eval "$(grep "^$_sdkey *=" "$_r_c_f")"
-      eval "printf \"%s\" \"\$$_sdkey\""
-    )
+    _sdv="$(grep "^$_sdkey *=" "$_r_c_f" | cut -d = -f 2-1000 | tr -d "'")"
+    if _startswith "$_sdv" "${B64CONF_START}" && _endswith "$_sdv" "${B64CONF_END}"; then
+      _sdv="$(echo "$_sdv" | sed "s/${B64CONF_START}//" | sed "s/${B64CONF_END}//" | _dbase64)"
+    fi
+    printf "%s" "$_sdv"
   else
     _debug "config file is empty, can not read $_sdkey"
   fi
 }
 
-#_savedomainconf   key  value
+#_savedomainconf   key  value  base64encode
 #save to domain.conf
 _savedomainconf() {
-  _save_conf "$DOMAIN_CONF" "$1" "$2"
+  _save_conf "$DOMAIN_CONF" "$@"
 }
 
 #_cleardomainconf   key
@@ -2013,14 +2027,14 @@ _readdomainconf() {
   _read_conf "$DOMAIN_CONF" "$1"
 }
 
-#_saveaccountconf  key  value
+#_saveaccountconf  key  value  base64encode
 _saveaccountconf() {
-  _save_conf "$ACCOUNT_CONF_PATH" "$1" "$2"
+  _save_conf "$ACCOUNT_CONF_PATH" "$@"
 }
 
-#key  value
+#key  value base64encode
 _saveaccountconf_mutable() {
-  _save_conf "$ACCOUNT_CONF_PATH" "SAVED_$1" "$2"
+  _save_conf "$ACCOUNT_CONF_PATH" "SAVED_$1" "$2" "$3"
   #remove later
   _clearaccountconf "$1"
 }
@@ -2060,6 +2074,7 @@ _clearcaconf() {
 _startserver() {
   content="$1"
   ncaddr="$2"
+  _debug "content" "$content"
   _debug "ncaddr" "$ncaddr"
 
   _debug "startserver: $$"
@@ -2086,8 +2101,14 @@ _startserver() {
     SOCAT_OPTIONS="$SOCAT_OPTIONS,bind=${ncaddr}"
   fi
 
+  _content_len="$(printf "%s" "$content" | wc -c)"
+  _debug _content_len "$_content_len"
   _debug "_NC" "$_NC $SOCAT_OPTIONS"
-  $_NC $SOCAT_OPTIONS SYSTEM:"sleep 1; echo HTTP/1.0 200 OK; echo ; echo  $content; echo;" &
+  $_NC $SOCAT_OPTIONS SYSTEM:"sleep 1; \
+echo 'HTTP/1.0 200 OK'; \
+echo 'Content-Length\: $_content_len'; \
+echo ''; \
+printf '$content';" &
   serverproc="$!"
 }
 
@@ -3062,6 +3083,7 @@ _on_before_issue() {
       _info "Standalone mode."
       if [ -z "$Le_HTTPPort" ]; then
         Le_HTTPPort=80
+        _cleardomainconf "Le_HTTPPort"
       else
         _savedomainconf "Le_HTTPPort" "$Le_HTTPPort"
       fi
@@ -3269,7 +3291,7 @@ _regAccount() {
   fi
 
   _debug2 responseHeaders "$responseHeaders"
-  _accUri="$(echo "$responseHeaders" | grep "^Location:" | _head_n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | tr -d "\r\n")"
+  _accUri="$(echo "$responseHeaders" | grep -i "^Location:" | _head_n 1 | cut -d ' ' -f 2 | tr -d "\r\n")"
   _debug "_accUri" "$_accUri"
   if [ -z "$_accUri" ]; then
     _err "Can not find account id url."
@@ -3435,7 +3457,7 @@ __trigger_validation() {
   _t_vtype="$3"
   _debug2 _t_vtype "$_t_vtype"
   if [ "$ACME_VERSION" = "2" ]; then
-    _send_signed_request "$_t_url" "{\"keyAuthorization\": \"$_t_key_authz\"}"
+    _send_signed_request "$_t_url" "{}"
   else
     _send_signed_request "$_t_url" "{\"resource\": \"challenge\", \"type\": \"$_t_vtype\", \"keyAuthorization\": \"$_t_key_authz\"}"
   fi
@@ -3628,9 +3650,9 @@ issue() {
   _savedomainconf "Le_Alt" "$_alt_domains"
   _savedomainconf "Le_Webroot" "$_web_roots"
 
-  _savedomainconf "Le_PreHook" "$_pre_hook"
-  _savedomainconf "Le_PostHook" "$_post_hook"
-  _savedomainconf "Le_RenewHook" "$_renew_hook"
+  _savedomainconf "Le_PreHook" "$_pre_hook" "base64"
+  _savedomainconf "Le_PostHook" "$_post_hook" "base64"
+  _savedomainconf "Le_RenewHook" "$_renew_hook" "base64"
 
   if [ "$_local_addr" ]; then
     _savedomainconf "Le_LocalAddress" "$_local_addr"
@@ -4205,20 +4227,66 @@ $_authorizations_map"
   der="$(_getfile "${CSR_PATH}" "${BEGIN_CSR}" "${END_CSR}" | tr -d "\r\n" | _url_replace)"
 
   if [ "$ACME_VERSION" = "2" ]; then
+    _info "Lets finalize the order, Le_OrderFinalize: $Le_OrderFinalize"
     if ! _send_signed_request "${Le_OrderFinalize}" "{\"csr\": \"$der\"}"; then
       _err "Sign failed."
       _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
       return 1
     fi
     if [ "$code" != "200" ]; then
-      _err "Sign failed, code is not 200."
+      _err "Sign failed, finalize code is not 200."
       _err "$response"
       _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
       return 1
     fi
-    Le_LinkCert="$(echo "$response" | tr -d '\r\n' | _egrep_o '"certificate" *: *"[^"]*"' | cut -d '"' -f 4)"
+    Le_LinkOrder="$(echo "$responseHeaders" | grep -i '^Location.*$' | _tail_n 1 | tr -d "\r\n" | cut -d " " -f 2)"
+    if [ -z "$Le_LinkOrder" ]; then
+      _err "Sign error, can not get order link location header"
+      _err "responseHeaders" "$responseHeaders"
+      _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    _savedomainconf "Le_LinkOrder" "$Le_LinkOrder"
 
-    _tempSignedResponse="$response"
+    _link_cert_retry=0
+    _MAX_CERT_RETRY=5
+    while [ "$_link_cert_retry" -lt "$_MAX_CERT_RETRY" ]; do
+      if _contains "$response" "\"status\":\"valid\""; then
+        _debug "Order status is valid."
+        Le_LinkCert="$(echo "$response" | tr -d '\r\n' | _egrep_o '"certificate" *: *"[^"]*"' | cut -d '"' -f 4)"
+        _debug Le_LinkCert "$Le_LinkCert"
+        if [ -z "$Le_LinkCert" ]; then
+          _err "Sign error, can not find Le_LinkCert"
+          _err "$response"
+          _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
+          return 1
+        fi
+        break
+      elif _contains "$response" "\"processing\""; then
+        _info "Order status is processing, lets sleep and retry."
+        _sleep 2
+      else
+        _err "Sign error, wrong status"
+        _err "$response"
+        _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
+        return 1
+      fi
+      if ! _send_signed_request "$Le_LinkOrder"; then
+        _err "Sign failed, can not post to Le_LinkOrder cert:$Le_LinkOrder."
+        _err "$response"
+        _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
+        return 1
+      fi
+      _link_cert_retry="$(_math $_link_cert_retry + 1)"
+    done
+
+    if [ -z "$Le_LinkCert" ]; then
+      _err "Sign failed, can not get Le_LinkCert, retry time limit."
+      _err "$response"
+      _on_issue_err "$_post_hook"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    _info "Download cert, Le_LinkCert: $Le_LinkCert"
     if ! _send_signed_request "$Le_LinkCert"; then
       _err "Sign failed, can not download cert:$Le_LinkCert."
       _err "$response"
@@ -4237,7 +4305,7 @@ $_authorizations_map"
       _end_n="$(_math $_end_n + 1)"
       sed -n "${_end_n},9999p" "$CERT_FULLCHAIN_PATH" >"$CA_CERT_PATH"
     fi
-    response="$_tempSignedResponse"
+
   else
     if ! _send_signed_request "${ACME_NEW_ORDER}" "{\"resource\": \"$ACME_NEW_ORDER_RES\", \"csr\": \"$der\"}" "needbase64"; then
       _err "Sign failed. $response"
@@ -4395,7 +4463,7 @@ $_authorizations_map"
     _savedomainconf "Le_RealCertPath" "$_real_cert"
     _savedomainconf "Le_RealCACertPath" "$_real_ca"
     _savedomainconf "Le_RealKeyPath" "$_real_key"
-    _savedomainconf "Le_ReloadCmd" "$_reload_cmd"
+    _savedomainconf "Le_ReloadCmd" "$_reload_cmd" "base64"
     _savedomainconf "Le_RealFullChainPath" "$_real_fullchain"
     if ! _installcert "$_main_domain" "$_real_cert" "$_real_key" "$_real_ca" "$_real_fullchain" "$_reload_cmd"; then
       return 1
@@ -4462,6 +4530,10 @@ renew() {
   fi
 
   IS_RENEW="1"
+  Le_ReloadCmd="$(_readdomainconf Le_ReloadCmd)"
+  Le_PreHook="$(_readdomainconf Le_PreHook)"
+  Le_PostHook="$(_readdomainconf Le_PostHook)"
+  Le_RenewHook="$(_readdomainconf Le_RenewHook)"
   issue "$Le_Webroot" "$Le_Domain" "$Le_Alt" "$Le_Keylength" "$Le_RealCertPath" "$Le_RealKeyPath" "$Le_RealCACertPath" "$Le_ReloadCmd" "$Le_RealFullChainPath" "$Le_PreHook" "$Le_PostHook" "$Le_RenewHook" "$Le_LocalAddress" "$Le_ChallengeAlias"
   res="$?"
   if [ "$res" != "0" ]; then
@@ -4742,7 +4814,7 @@ installcert() {
   _savedomainconf "Le_RealCertPath" "$_real_cert"
   _savedomainconf "Le_RealCACertPath" "$_real_ca"
   _savedomainconf "Le_RealKeyPath" "$_real_key"
-  _savedomainconf "Le_ReloadCmd" "$_reload_cmd"
+  _savedomainconf "Le_ReloadCmd" "$_reload_cmd" "base64"
   _savedomainconf "Le_RealFullChainPath" "$_real_fullchain"
 
   _installcert "$_main_domain" "$_real_cert" "$_real_key" "$_real_ca" "$_real_fullchain" "$_reload_cmd"
@@ -4826,7 +4898,7 @@ _installcert() {
       export CERT_KEY_PATH
       export CA_CERT_PATH
       export CERT_FULLCHAIN_PATH
-      export Le_Domain
+      export Le_Domain="$_main_domain"
       cd "$DOMAIN_PATH" && eval "$_reload_cmd"
     ); then
       _info "$(__green "Reload success")"
diff --git a/deploy/README.md b/deploy/README.md
index f290756a..44d53225 100644
--- a/deploy/README.md
+++ b/deploy/README.md
@@ -349,10 +349,10 @@ $ export QINIU_SK="bar"
 $ acme.sh --deploy -d example.com --deploy-hook qiniu
 ```
 
-假如您部署的证书为泛域名证书，您还需要设置 `QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN` 变量，指定实际需要部署的域名：
+假如您部署的证书为泛域名证书，您还需要设置 `QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN` 变量，指定实际需要部署的域名(请注意泛域名前的点)：
 
 ```sh
-$ export QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN="cdn.example.com"
+$ export QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN=".cdn.example.com"
 $ acme.sh --deploy -d example.com --deploy-hook qiniu
 ```
 
@@ -375,10 +375,10 @@ $ acme.sh --deploy -d example.com --deploy-hook qiniu
 
 (Optional), If you are using wildcard certificate,
 you may need export `QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN` to specify which domain
-you want to update:
+you want to update (please note the leading dot):
 
 ```sh
-$ export QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN="cdn.example.com"
+$ export QINIU_CDN_DOMAIN=".cdn.example.com"
 $ acme.sh --deploy -d example.com --deploy-hook qiniu
 ```
 
diff --git a/deploy/qiniu.sh b/deploy/qiniu.sh
index 158b8dbf..e46e6fb3 100644
--- a/deploy/qiniu.sh
+++ b/deploy/qiniu.sh
@@ -87,6 +87,6 @@ qiniu_deploy() {
 }
 
 _make_access_token() {
-  _token="$(printf "%s\n" "$1" | _hmac "sha1" "$(printf "%s" "$QINIU_SK" | _hex_dump | tr -d " ")" | _base64)"
+  _token="$(printf "%s\n" "$1" | _hmac "sha1" "$(printf "%s" "$QINIU_SK" | _hex_dump | tr -d " ")" | _base64 | tr -- '+/' '-_')"
   echo "$QINIU_AK:$_token"
 }
diff --git a/dnsapi/README.md b/dnsapi/README.md
index 3cbfe19a..e7fddb67 100644
--- a/dnsapi/README.md
+++ b/dnsapi/README.md
@@ -1279,7 +1279,24 @@ acme.sh --issue --dns dns_mydevil -d example.com -d *.example.com
 
 After certificate is ready, you can install it with [deploy command](../deploy/README.md#14-deploy-your-cert-on-mydevilnet).
 
-## 67. Use OpenProvider API
+## 67. Use Core-Networks API to automatically issue cert
+
+First you need to login to your Core-Networks account to to set up an API-User.
+Then export username and password to use these credentials.
+
+```
+export CN_User="user"
+export CN_Password="passowrd"
+```
+
+Ok, let's issue a cert now:
+```
+acme.sh --issue --dns dns_cn -d example.com -d www.example.com
+```
+
+The `CN_User` and `CN_Password` will be saved in `~/.acme.sh/account.conf` and will be reused when needed.
+
+## 68. Use OpenProvider API
 
 First, you need to enable API access and retrieve your password hash on https://rcp.openprovider.eu/account/dashboard.php
 
@@ -1317,3 +1334,5 @@ See:  https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/DNS-API-Dev-Guide
 # Use lexicon DNS API
 
 https://github.com/Neilpang/acme.sh/wiki/How-to-use-lexicon-dns-api
+
+
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_cn.sh b/dnsapi/dns_cn.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e90d7e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_cn.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# DNS API for acme.sh for Core-Networks (https://beta.api.core-networks.de/doc/).
+# created by 5ll and francis
+
+CN_API="https://beta.api.core-networks.de"
+
+########  Public functions  #####################
+
+dns_cn_add() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+  txtvalue=$2
+
+  if ! _cn_login; then
+    _err "login failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _cn_get_root "$fulldomain"; then
+    _err "invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug "_sub_domain $_sub_domain"
+  _debug "_domain $_domain"
+
+  _info "Adding record"
+  curData="{\"name\":\"$_sub_domain\",\"ttl\":120,\"type\":\"TXT\",\"data\":\"$txtvalue\"}"
+  curResult="$(_post "${curData}" "${CN_API}/dnszones/${_domain}/records/")"
+
+  _debug "curData $curData"
+  _debug "curResult $curResult"
+
+  if _contains "$curResult" ""; then
+    _info "Added, OK"
+
+    if ! _cn_commit; then
+      _err "commiting changes failed"
+      return 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+
+  else
+    _err "Add txt record error."
+    _debug "curData is $curData"
+    _debug "curResult is $curResult"
+    _err "error adding text record, response was $curResult"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+dns_cn_rm() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+  txtvalue=$2
+
+  if ! _cn_login; then
+    _err "login failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _debug "First detect the root zone"
+  if ! _cn_get_root "$fulldomain"; then
+    _err "invalid domain"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _info "Deleting record"
+  curData="{\"name\":\"$_sub_domain\",\"data\":\"$txtvalue\"}"
+  curResult="$(_post "${curData}" "${CN_API}/dnszones/${_domain}/records/delete")"
+  _debug curData is "$curData"
+  
+  _info "commiting changes"
+  if ! _cn_commit; then
+    _err "commiting changes failed"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  _info "Deletet txt record"
+  return 0
+}
+
+###################  Private functions below  ##################################
+_cn_login() {
+  CN_User="${CN_User:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable CN_User)}"
+  CN_Password="${CN_Password:-$(_readaccountconf_mutable CN_Password)}"
+  if [ -z "$CN_User" ] || [ -z "$CN_Password" ]; then
+    CN_User=""
+    CN_Password=""
+    _err "You must export variables: CN_User and CN_Password"
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  #save the config variables to the account conf file.
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable CN_User "$CN_User"
+  _saveaccountconf_mutable CN_Password "$CN_Password"
+
+  _info "Getting an AUTH-Token"
+  curData="{\"login\":\"${CN_User}\",\"password\":\"${CN_Password}\"}"
+  curResult="$(_post "${curData}" "${CN_API}/auth/token")"
+  _debug "Calling _CN_login: '${curData}' '${CN_API}/auth/token'"
+
+  if _contains "${curResult}" '"token":"'; then
+    authToken=$(echo "${curResult}" | cut -d ":" -f2 | cut -d "," -f1 | sed 's/^.\(.*\).$/\1/')
+    export _H1="Authorization: Bearer $authToken"
+    _info "Successfully acquired AUTH-Token"
+    _debug "AUTH-Token: '${authToken}'"
+    _debug "_H1 '${_H1}'"
+  else
+    _err "Couldn't acquire an AUTH-Token"
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+# Commit changes
+_cn_commit() {
+  _info "Commiting changes"
+  _post "" "${CN_API}/dnszones/$h/records/commit"
+}
+
+_cn_get_root() {
+  domain=$1
+  i=2
+  p=1
+  while true; do
+
+    h=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
+    _debug h "$h"
+    _debug _H1 "${_H1}"
+
+    if [ -z "$h" ]; then
+      #not valid
+      return 1
+    fi
+    
+    _cn_zonelist="$(_get ${CN_API}/dnszones/)"
+    _debug _cn_zonelist "${_cn_zonelist}"
+
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+      _err "something went wrong while getting the zone list"
+      return 1
+    fi
+
+    if _contains "$_cn_zonelist" "\"name\":\"$h\"" >/dev/null; then
+      _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$domain" | cut -d . -f 1-$p)
+      _domain=$h
+      return 0
+    else
+      _debug "Zonelist does not contain domain - iterating "
+    fi
+    p=$i
+    i=$(_math "$i" + 1)
+
+  done
+  _err "Zonelist does not contain domain - exiting"
+  return 1
+}
diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh b/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
index fbf93c32..6553deb6 100755
--- a/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_namecheap.sh
@@ -76,6 +76,22 @@ dns_namecheap_rm() {
 # _sub_domain=_acme-challenge.www
 # _domain=domain.com
 _get_root() {
+  fulldomain=$1
+
+  if ! _get_root_by_getList "$fulldomain"; then
+    _debug "Failed domain lookup via domains.getList api call. Trying domain lookup via domains.dns.getHosts api."
+    # The above "getList" api will only return hosts *owned* by the calling user. However, if the calling
+    # user is not the owner, but still has administrative rights, we must query the getHosts api directly.
+    # See this comment and the official namecheap response: http://disq.us/p/1q6v9x9
+    if ! _get_root_by_getHosts "$fulldomain"; then
+      return 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  return 0
+}
+
+_get_root_by_getList() {
   domain=$1
 
   if ! _namecheap_post "namecheap.domains.getList"; then
@@ -94,6 +110,10 @@ _get_root() {
       #not valid
       return 1
     fi
+    if ! _contains "$h" "\\."; then
+      #not valid
+      return 1
+    fi
 
     if ! _contains "$response" "$h"; then
       _debug "$h not found"
@@ -108,6 +128,31 @@ _get_root() {
   return 1
 }
 
+_get_root_by_getHosts() {
+  i=100
+  p=99
+
+  while [ $p -ne 0 ]; do
+
+    h=$(printf "%s" "$1" | cut -d . -f $i-100)
+    if [ -n "$h" ]; then
+      if _contains "$h" "\\."; then
+        _debug h "$h"
+        if _namecheap_set_tld_sld "$h"; then
+          _sub_domain=$(printf "%s" "$1" | cut -d . -f 1-$p)
+          _domain="$h"
+          return 0
+        else
+          _debug "$h not found"
+        fi
+      fi
+    fi
+    i="$p"
+    p=$(_math "$p" - 1)
+  done
+  return 1
+}
+
 _namecheap_set_publicip() {
 
   if [ -z "$NAMECHEAP_SOURCEIP" ]; then