WHOIS data is unreliable. So why is it used in TLS certificate applications?

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I think this really underpins that much of the internet is built on systems we assume will last forever.

    The single TLD that changed it’s whois domain and let the old one expire was the cause.