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Re:Show HN: Beacon – a new open-source privacy and security-... by buffrr on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @04:23PM (#29558021)
It uses WKNavigationDelegate[0] it allows responding to authentication challenges by accepting/rejecting certificates or continuing with default handling. This is used to do certificate pinning. DS records are stored on chain and requested via the P2P client. The DS record is used to verify DNSSEC and to obtain a certificate hash/TLSA record.

[0] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/webkit/wknavigatio...

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Re:Show HN: Beacon – a new open-source privacy and security-... by tmikaeld on Wednesday December 15, 2021 @02:46AM (#29563134)
Thanks for the explanation!
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