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by ajross 131 days ago
> This is basically how Let's Encrypt / ACME accounts work

That's how they're implemented. How they "work" is a trivial pushbutton thing as documented by a well-known and trusted provider who cares deeply about simple user experience.

"Just self-sign a cert" is very much not the story XMPP wants their federated server operators to deal with.