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

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's an idea: make the publicly accessible data reliable instead of getting rid of it for being wrong.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Nobody's suggesting to remove the data, read the article.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 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.