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Website .well-known directory

29 December, 2020

IANA RFC8615 defines a “.well-known/” folder for web servers to put metadata fundamental to a web server’s organization, policies or contact information. Some popular files seen under public website https://example.invalid/.well-known/ directory include:

  • keybase.txt Verifies ownership of domain for Keybase.io
  • security.txt Security incident contact info
  • dnt-policy.txt Do Not Track Policy statement
  • humans.txt author info
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