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by metadat 1387 days ago
Why isn't there a site-controlled fallback setting for this?

Does this not make sense? Abu given website's beet interest is to continue to be reachable.

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Every escape hatch in the certificate validation is also an additional avenue for attack. For example, using a DNS record to override certificate pins makes DNS cache poisoning much more valuable to the attacker.
Every layer of security is also an additional accessibility hurdle.
Got it, thanks @tremon.