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Let's Encrypt Adds Checks Nov 10: Keep Renewals Working

Let's Encrypt plans to validate from seven locations from 10 November 2026. Test your challenge path and fix geo blocks, WAF challenges and bad redirects.

October 31, 202618 min read

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DNS & security

ICANN's 1,615 New Domain Applications: What Site Owners Should Do

ICANN revealed 1,615 new top-level domain applications on 7 October 2026. Here is the real timeline and the domain checks worth doing right now.

October 30, 202615 min read

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WordPress

Add 4 Missing Security Headers on Apache or Nginx and Check Them

Add nosniff, Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy and X-Frame-Options on Apache or Nginx, handle inheritance and iframe permissions, then verify real GET responses.

October 30, 202618 min read

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