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All of the DNS altering is performed automatically by lego [1] which has support for a large number of DNS providers. [1] https://github.com/go-acme/lego https

• coddle-hark 6y ago
  Oh, that’s cool, I hadn’t heard of lego before! But still, you shouldn’t need to buy a domain to do stuff locally on your own device and it adds quite a bit of complexity.
  • tialaramex 6y ago
    The only thing we care about is that there's just one authoritative name hierarchy, if somebody in the name hierarchy wants to give you a name without selling it, that would be totally fine. I would totally be down with say, the US government issuing citizens with a DNS name under their ccTLD somewhere. Done your tax paperwork in reasonable time? Your name is guaranteed by law to keep working for another year. Maybe 1480219643.ny.citizen-names.us is ugly but it'd satisfy this problem for individuals. Maybe they could bolt on a checkbox, $50 extra to the IRS and you get to pick any as-yet unreserved legal name, or they have rules like for license plates.
    • a1369209993 6y ago
      > it'd satisfy this problem for individuals. No, it wouldn't, because that involves interacting with the public DNS hierarchy. > you shouldn't need to buy a domain to do stuff locally on your own device [emphasis added]
      • Dylan16807 6y ago
        Put the emphasis on the word "buy" instead, because they were describing a situation where you don't need to buy. There are also free dynamic dns providers that let you set txt records and get certificates. But of course you can't depend on one of those to last forever.