I can’t believe we’re still exposing people to DNS records. This is one of those issues wherein The Web really needs to get its shit together.
It's also one of those things that continues to make it easy for people to choose hosted services (social media, etc.). With custom domains it should be just like usernames; "Pick a domain name, in whatever format, and here it is."
No configuring, no caring about sub-domains and all that crap. It just works.
This might even already exist but I mean it should be everywhere.
@SimonWoods lol like for real.
It’s quite simple really.
Just subtract your IP6 Address from your Service Providers host IP6 Address and use that as your key to turn on https// traffic on www.yoursite.huh (but not whatsthis.yoursite.huh). Don’t forget to set your A RECORD to whatever catchall your provider suggests, or requires, or charges extra to change. We sent an automated update to that email address you used to signup with but then abandoned when you switched cable providers.
@SimonWoods Yeah, I agree that this needs to be easier. Even for experts, the whole idea of following instructions such as "paste this IP address into this A record" in order to use a domain with a hosted service is pretty primitive. Some sort of protocol for allowing some service to administer domains you own would be great.