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For LetsEncrypt, routing is authentication: if packets routed to the IP in the A record end up at your place, you can get a cert for that domain.

• gerdesj 6mo ago
  DNSSEC and DNS-01 challenges might do the trick at the cost of significant effort, provided LE could be directed to check, similar to the way MTA-STS works.
  • fanf2 6mo ago
    Let’s Encrypt has been doing DNSSEC validation for years. DNSSEC could have prevented the jabber.ru MITM attack.