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Now try `.well-known/acme-challenge`, or the `google123456789asbcef.html` authentication file!
by unglaublich 4y ago
Now try `.well-known/acme-challenge`, or the `google123456789asbcef.html` authentication file!
- Visurox 4y agoJust numbers and letters are allowed. but yeah, the google file whould be useless but possible bad. Will think about!
- Visurox 4y agoThe Username google43434343 would be too long. Max 12. :) Also input a forbidden list which should be filter the most crap in usernames. :)
- tialaramex 4y agoHmm, what is "the google[...].html authentication file" ? We roped off all of /.well-known/ and it is after all under a dot directory which ought to have been caught by a lot of existing software anyway, it seems like if people have things they want treated this way they ought to live in /.well-known/ too, it's not as though the registration process is onerous, you just need to write a specification for your thing.
- memalign 4y agoAnswer about the Google file: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34544351 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34544351
- pjc50 4y agoWhat do these do? The latter is, er, ungoogleable.
- memalign 4y agoGoogle lets you prove ownership of a website by hosting a specific file with a unique name they provide. When you’re the owner, Google lets you see search analytics for your site. Here’s the one for my site: https://memalign.github.io/googlefc60e159eedb4219.html https://memalign.github.io/googlefc60e159eedb4219.html