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by mnordhoff 2979 days ago
> why the DNS test usualy takes >60 seconds

The server-side part of DNS validation takes about a second. The delay is all about clients waiting for their authoritative DNS servers to update. If you use a fast DNS provider, there's no reason to wait longer than necessary.

> If any certs were issued for hijacked domains (which as far as I've ready was only one, not using LetsEncrypt), it's a pretty glaring failure on the issuer, assuming they used "DNS Validation"

It wouldn't be a compliance failure, though. CAs are not required to be invulnerable to BGP hijacking attacks.