BarterClub to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agoWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comimagemessage-square530arrow-up11.51Karrow-down117file-text
arrow-up11.49Karrow-down1imageWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comBarterClub to [email protected]English • edit-211 months agomessage-square530file-text
minus-square@xthexderlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoLemmy relies heavily on SSL, which requires a domain name. You can’t get an SSL certificate for an IP address as far as I know. You prove you own the domain to the certificate issuer, and from then on, anyone can verify that they’re talking to the right server. IPs could be technically possible if server identities were validated separately like with SSH keys, but that would be a major change in the protocol.
Lemmy relies heavily on SSL, which requires a domain name. You can’t get an SSL certificate for an IP address as far as I know.
You prove you own the domain to the certificate issuer, and from then on, anyone can verify that they’re talking to the right server.
IPs could be technically possible if server identities were validated separately like with SSH keys, but that would be a major change in the protocol.