Why “GoDaddy” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
There are chains of trust which are established for SSL certs, centered around the idea that if we can believe Mozilla et al. that the server responding is who they claim they a…
by RALaBarge · Oct 21, 2026
If FBI went to Godaddy and said, “We need a cert for www.google.com”, Godaddy would most likely refuse. Issuing that cert would leave a trail that would be extremely undesirable…
by cpach · Oct 21, 2026
Perhaps unrelated to this - a few days ago we had communications from a TLS certificate provider that we need to reissue all of our certificates by 21st 8PM before they will sto…
by flumpcakes · Oct 21, 2026
I lost a successful ecommerce domain to what seemed like a GoDaddy inside job. Now it points to an offshore casino...
by Pine_Mushroom · Oct 19, 2026
GoDaddy has been involved in a few too many controversies for my taste: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversies_surrounding_GoDa... Admittedly any compan…
by starwatch · Oct 19, 2026
who's your registrar? that sounds like GoDaddy levels of pricing. Cloudflare, porkbun and others can get you a .com for $10-$11/yr
by behindsight · Oct 19, 2026
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GoDaddy Inc. is an American publicly traded Internet domain registry, domain registrar and web hosting company headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, and incorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law. As of 2023, GoDaddy is the world's fifth-largest web host by market share, with over 62 million registered domains. The company primarily serves small and micro companies, which make up most of its 20 million customers. Read more on Wikipedia