Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usernames

Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by denton-scratch on Friday July 07, 2023 @05:56AM (#36629457)

> If something happens to that server instance then I'm basically losing my "identity".

So run your own instance?

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Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by colanderman on Friday July 07, 2023 @09:34AM (#36631517)

I own my e-mail identity without running a server (via DNS MX records). This is not possible with Mastodon (which relies on WebFinger).

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Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by tedunangst on Friday July 07, 2023 @02:27PM (#36636222)

CNAME records are a thing.

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Re:Bluesky partners with Namecheap to power domains as usern... by colanderman on Friday July 07, 2023 @04:01PM (#36637542)

You cannot have any other record on a domain with a CNAME. Not workable if you have any other service (say, e-mail) tied to your domain.

SRV records are the correct solution, but neither WebFinger nor Mastodon chose to use them.

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