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Re:Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing someone els... by ok123456 on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:25AM (#32639403)
Inserting a TXT entry isn't a harmless change these days, because it's one way to authenticate ownership of a domain. Like recovering a google apps admin login.
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Re:Namecheap CEO offers $10k bounty for changing someone els... by arielcostas on Monday August 29, 2022 @11:49AM (#32639651)
It can be used harmfully (as everything) but adding one isn't as harmful as for example deleting an A entry or changing CNAMEs to another domain
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