Is it plausible (read: "safe"), to publicly broadcast a website to the internet via a method other than using a TLD?
I know that it is *possible* to visit a site via its server IP address, but is it possible to make that *safe* to broadcast widely?
This is not a question about alternative networks such as LAN or the PNK or etc (I am interested in these, but they're not the topic of this question).
@jack It is absolutely plausible/safe to do it by IP address, but getting a TLS certificate is a lot more difficult/expensive than by DNS name (I'm actually not even sure if it's possible).
@jack But anyway sometimes it's fun to do a hostname lookup on a website and see what's hidden on the unnamed vhost. Most people don't bother but I have a li'l easter egg on mine, for example.
@fluffy Ooh, I'll have to look it up and see!!
Good point re: TLS. I'm mostly asking/researching out of curiosity due to the A/I closure. There's a lot of takeaways from it but "the US can effectively control TLD ownership" was not something I would have guessed tbh.