I think so too.

but I also think that while talking about wildcard validation in DNS that
it would be pretty intresting to bring this up:
https://github.com/ietf-wg-acme/acme/issues/89
in short, this would let the dns-challenge walk up meaning that if you
already have completed the challenge for a higher level domain you can
automatically also count as authorized for a subdomain.

this would also be nice because the randomness of the token makes it REALLY
annoying to create a large SAN cert in a manual environment (e.g. there's
no proper client for your use-case, machine etc.)
before the DNS Challenge was a thing I had to copy the strings for
webroot/http-01 auth from my SSH to my computer (while making sure not to
hit ctrl-c because it doesnt copy but cancel in terminal, making it even
more annoying as it already is.)

Regards.

2016-03-21 9:02 GMT+01:00 Niklas Keller <[email protected]>:

> i would propose for either http or dns verification requiring at least a
>> temporary wilcard in dns
>> then for the verification server to either lookup
>>
>> http://random-generated.domain.tld/.well-known/acme-challenge/challenge-string
>
>
> That's not possible, because several providers allow the registration of
> any subdomain, e.g. DynDNS providers.
>
>
>> dns verification is trickyer but could require instead of
>> _acme-challenge.example.com. 300 IN TXT "token"
>>
>> _acme-challenge.challenge-string.example.com. 300 IN TXT "token"
>>
>
> For DNS challenges, I think it's fine when _acme-challenge.example.com
> authorizes *.example.com.
>
>
>> for example or
>> _acme-challenge._wildcard_.example.com. 300 IN TXT "token"
>>
>> or to demon straight ability to create wildcards
>> random-generated._acme-challenge.example.com. 300 IN TXT "token"
>>
>> as this would require the applicant setup
>> *._acme-challenge.example.com.
>>
>>
>> i hope this is the right place if not please feel free to redirect me, as
>> either way acme is a huge leap forward in cert issuance and improving
>> reliability through automation
>>
>
> Regards, Niklas
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