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Okay, I agree that if the intermediate network is not trusted, there can be MITM. The good thing is that the original LG offers and will keep offering multiple verification ways. 1. Affiliated sites listed by bookwarrior, the Founder of LG:
https://libgen.life/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=7896 2. Blockchain records viewable via blockchain explorers and similar public tools. E.g., you may check the libgen.lib record on https://peername.com/, press Whois button after the search. The Peername extension simply can't handle SSL, and EmerDNS domains such as .lib aren't yet supported on IPFS by browsers. It's being worked on, though. For now only IP address forwarding works, but you can choose another way as per below. libgen.crypto record is googlable and can be seen on OpenSea. I'm not finding the IPFS CID, though, but .crypto does support HTTPS, and so do IPFS gateways, after which the CID takes you to the correct location. You may use https://libgen.crypto/ However, in this case there can probably still be MITM with legit SSL certificates. I'm not sure. Concluding, if you once learn a legit blockchain domain name, you can trust it's record since the record cannot be modified without direct owner's intervention. It's cryptographically strong. It's not the case with conventional Web domains which are fundamentally rented. |