indieweb / indieweb/indieauth

Should `indieauth-metadata` be discoverable by DNS?

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Description

I'm finding (somewhat to my surprise) that some developers ([example](https://github.com/fedidcg/FedCM/issues/240#issuecomment-2121721570)) have an easier time updating their DNS records than adding markup to their websites.

I don't know if this is largely true or not, but because I ran into this twice, it seemed worth investigating further if it would be possible to offer a version of `indieauth-metadata` that could be discovered via DNS (TXT?) records, rather than `` tags.

> Context
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> In trying to implement this https://indieweb.org/FedCM_for_IndieAuth here https://github.com/fedidcg/FedCM/issues/240,
> I think I can move most of the metadata to DNS, for example https://github.com/fedidcg/FedCM/issues/580
> but if there is a single thing that needs to be a link han it defeats the point (because if you can set up a link
> you can set up many).

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Research direction

No implementation file or test is named. Start by reviewing the linked FedCM discussions and the existing indieauth-metadata discovery behavior, then define whether DNS records can replace the link tag, which metadata they must carry, and how discovery would be verified.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
authentication
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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