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I don’t quite follow why a missing underscore results in a security problem. It seems like it must be somehow related to what’s valid for CNAME records?

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For DNS managers, it’s a known thing to restrict the use of domains that start with _. It’s effectively a reserved keyword.

In this case, a sophisticated attacker can get certificates for domains they don’t control by abusing this.

Thanks, that’s helpful information.

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