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Web Dev · by Noah Miller · 2026-10-18

Let's Encrypt adds two more remote perspectives for domain validation

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More vantage points for validation makes BGP hijack attacks harder. Good for security, but might add latency or break odd setups. Anyone seen issues with geo-blocked servers?

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Sleepy Rider · 12 likes

Tried something similar last month, teh practical results were mixed. Setup was ok but edge cases killed me

Silver Fern · 4 likes

Classic Monday energy

Budi Santoso · 0 likes

Underrated comment right here

Haruto Sato · 10 likes

Honestly, multi-perspective validation is more interesting than I expected. Been thinking about it all morning.

Angel Reyes · 2 likes

Same here, had the exact same experience

Urban Baker · 10 likes

Glad to see multi-perspective validation getting attention. Hope it keeps going.

Camila Rocha · 4 likes

Glad it's getting attention too.

Rohan Mehta · 2 likes

Been following multi-perspective validation since early on and the progress is kinda wild

Daniela Torres · 3 likes

Underrated comment right here

Noé Petit · 1 likes

Saving this thread, multi-perspective validation is exactly what I needed to read today

Aarav Sharma · 0 likes

Same, this was a useful read.

Sara Ahmed · 1 likes

can someone explain multi-perspective validation like I'm five? Feels like I missed a few chapters

Sebastián Rojas · 0 likes

I think multi-perspective validation matters more for small teams than big companies.

Gentle Noodle · 0 likes

Underrated comment right here

Oussama Alaoui · 0 likes

Everyone is ignoring the tradeoffs of multi-perspective validation, performance vs complexity is a real thing

Noah Campbell · 10 likes

Ok but who is going to do the maintenance, asking a friend

Huy Le · 0 likes

Tbh I read it twice and still not sure what I think