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0 pointstarruda5y ago0 comments

I believe the TXT record validation is only an additional measure, eg to prevent a random developer from registering/uploading a package like org.apache.http2. Surely other authentication methods are used in practice.

I find it hard to believe any high profile organization would allow their domains to expire, or else they would also lose e-mail and websites, right?

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chmod7755y ago

> I find it hard to believe any high profile organization would allow their domains to expire

Off the top of my head I remember both Microsoft (hotmail.co.uk) and Foursquare forgetting to renew their domains.

ric2b5y ago

And a few years ago some guy was able to buy google.com for a few minutes or hours, I don't quite recall.

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