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Let's Encrypt adds two remote perspectives for domain validation

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Let's Encrypt plans to add two remote validation perspectives, bringing its checks toward the five-perspective minimum cited in the announcement. More geographically distributed checks improve visibility into BGP attacks that could misdirect domain validation.

What

Let's Encrypt plans to add two remote perspectives for domain validation, bringing each validation to seven requests.

How

Validation requires the primary server and a quorum of remote perspectives to receive the correct challenge response.

Why it matters

Multiple perspectives improve visibility and protection against BGP attacks, making certificate-validation hijacks harder.

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