Understanding DarkStrata's domain ownership verification system
The DarkStrata Verification Bot is an automated system that verifies domain ownership for customers using our HTTP file verification method. When you add a domain to DarkStrata and choose HTTP verification, our bot will periodically request a specific file from your web server to confirm you control the domain.
Our verification bot identifies itself with the following HTTP headers:
User-Agent: DarkStrata-Verifier/1.0 (+https://darkstrata.io/en/docs/verification-bot) From: [email protected] X-DarkStrata-Purpose: domain-ownership-verification
In your server access logs, you'll see requests similar to:
GET /.well-known/darkstrata-verify.txt HTTP/1.1
/.well-known/darkstrata-verify.txtOur verification requests originate from our cloud infrastructure. If you need to whitelist our bot, please contact us at [email protected] for current IP ranges.
If you're having issues with HTTP verification:
/.well-known/darkstrata-verify.txt/.well-known/ pathsAlternatively, you can use DNS TXT record verification which doesn't require any web server configuration.
If you have questions about our verification bot or believe it's causing issues with your server, please contact us at [email protected].
For full API documentation, including authentication, endpoints, and integration guides, visit our developer documentation: