fluffy 💜fluffy@plush.city
Sep 7, 2026, 11:21 PM@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).
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- fluffy 💜fluffy@plush.citySep 7, 2026, 11:26 PM
@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.
JackjackSep 8, 2026, 12:02 AM@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.