I think the discovery of new domains is via TLS certificate transparency lists. All the certificates issued show up on a CA's list. So it's possible to find public domains if they use a well-known public issuer.
But yeah, there's so little that it seems like I can do.
Paco Hope
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2026-08-21 19:34:52 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…q898
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