Summary: Essentially this is an attempt of freenode.net to redirect people who type in libera.net instead of libera.chat. Libera.chat is a fork of freenode.net that formed in response to a controversial change in leadership in May 2021.
Freenode.net: Name Server: DINA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM Name Server: NOAH.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
Libera.net: Name Server: NOAH.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM Name Server: DINA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
https://domains.google.com/registrar/search/whois/libera.net
https://domains.google.com/registrar/search/whois/freenode.n...
SANs on the cert served from chat.freenode.net:
(you can confirm yourself by typing:
openssl s_client -connect chat.freenode.net:6697 | openssl x509 -noout -text | grep DNS:
And seeing the output.)
> DNS:avalanche.freenode.net, DNS:chat.au.freenode.com, DNS:chat.au.freenode.net, DNS:chat.au.freenode.org, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.com, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.net, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.org, DNS:chat.freenode.com, DNS:chat.freenode.net, DNS:chat.freenode.org, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.com, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.net, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.org, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.com, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.net, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.org, DNS:chat.irc.com, DNS:chat.us.freenode.com, DNS:chat.us.freenode.net, DNS:chat.us.freenode.org, DNS:ipv6.chat.freenode.net, DNS:ipv6.irc.freenode.net, DNS:irc.au.freenode.com, DNS:irc.au.freenode.net, DNS:irc.au.freenode.org, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.com, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.net, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.org, DNS:irc.freenode.com, DNS:irc.freenode.net, DNS:irc.freenode.org, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.com, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.net, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.org, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.com, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.net, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.org, DNS:irc.irc.com, DNS:irc.libera.net, DNS:irc.us.freenode.com, DNS:irc.us.freenode.net, DNS:irc.us.freenode.org
Looking at the cert from irc.libera.net directly shows you the same.
openssl s_client -connect irc.libera.net:6697 </dev/null | openssl x509 -noout -ext subjectAltName
> X509v3 Subject Alternative Name:
> DNS:chat.au.freenode.com, DNS:chat.au.freenode.net, DNS:chat.au.freenode.org, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.com, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.net, DNS:chat.eu.freenode.org, DNS:chat.freenode.com, DNS:chat.freenode.net, DNS:chat.freenode.org, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.com, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.net, DNS:chat.ipv4.freenode.org, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.com, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.net, DNS:chat.ipv6.freenode.org, DNS:chat.irc.com, DNS:chat.us.freenode.com, DNS:chat.us.freenode.net, DNS:chat.us.freenode.org, DNS:ipv6.chat.freenode.net, DNS:ipv6.irc.freenode.net, DNS:irc.au.freenode.com, DNS:irc.au.freenode.net, DNS:irc.au.freenode.org, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.com, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.net, DNS:irc.eu.freenode.org, DNS:irc.freenode.com, DNS:irc.freenode.net, DNS:irc.freenode.org, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.com, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.net, DNS:irc.ipv4.freenode.org, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.com, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.net, DNS:irc.ipv6.freenode.org, DNS:irc.irc.com, DNS:irc.libera.net, DNS:irc.us.freenode.com, DNS:irc.us.freenode.net, DNS:irc.us.freenode.org, DNS:karma.freenode.net
And if that's not enough...
Lee's other domains, irc.com, imperialfamily.com, lfa.com... are on the same registrar as libera.net: 101domain.net
Let's hear your evidence in support of the claim that libera.net ISN'T likely to be owned by Andrew Lee.
Where is this coming from?
They are on the same certificate from Let's Encrypt, which is a much more solid evidence: https://crt.sh/?id=4844214523
(Oh, techrat also mentioned that, great!)