web-agent-bridge 3.4.0 → 3.8.1

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  1. package/LICENSE +84 -84
  2. package/README.ar.md +1563 -1304
  3. package/README.md +137 -298
  4. package/bin/agent-runner.js +474 -474
  5. package/bin/cli.js +237 -237
  6. package/bin/wab-init.js +244 -223
  7. package/bin/wab.js +80 -80
  8. package/examples/azure-dns-wab.js +83 -83
  9. package/examples/bidi-agent.js +119 -119
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  15. package/examples/governance-agent.js +169 -169
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  17. package/examples/next-app-router/README.md +44 -44
  18. package/examples/plesk-wab-dns.js +103 -103
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  20. package/examples/route53-wab-dns.js +144 -144
  21. package/examples/saas-dashboard/README.md +55 -55
  22. package/examples/safe-mode-agent.js +96 -96
  23. package/examples/self-discovery.js +106 -0
  24. package/examples/shopify-hydrogen/README.md +74 -74
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  26. package/examples/wab-sign.js +74 -74
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- <title>WAB vs Other Agent Protocols — Honest Side-by-Side</title>
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- <p>An honest side-by-side. WAB DNS Discovery v1.3 against ANS, MCP, sitemap.xml, llms.txt, ai.txt, robots.txt, and OpenAI ai-plugin.json — across cryptography, latency, adoption cost, and operational simplicity.</p>
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- <td class="row-label">Cryptographic signature<div class="row-sub">Tamper-evident manifests</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Ed25519 (signed wab.json)</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">RSA / ECDSA via PKI</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
78
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
79
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">DNSSEC verification<div class="row-sub">Resolver-level integrity</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Native — AD flag checked</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Optional</span></td>
85
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
86
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
87
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
88
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
89
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
90
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- <td class="row-label">Discovery latency<div class="row-sub">Time to first byte</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">~30–80 ms (1 DNS query)</span></td>
94
- <td><span class="meh">200–600 ms (CRL + cert chain)</span></td>
95
- <td><span class="meh">Connection setup + handshake</span></td>
96
- <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch + XML parse</span></td>
97
- <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
98
- <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
99
- <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
100
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- <td class="row-label">Site-owner setup time<div class="row-sub">Install → live</div></td>
103
- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">≈ 60 seconds (1 TXT record)</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">Hours (cert request, CSR, PKI)</span></td>
105
- <td><span class="meh">Per-server config</span></td>
106
- <td><span class="yes">Few minutes</span></td>
107
- <td><span class="yes">Few minutes</span></td>
108
- <td><span class="yes">Seconds</span></td>
109
- <td><span class="meh">15–30 minutes</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">One-click DNS providers<div class="row-sub">Native integrations shipped</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">7 — Cloudflare · Route 53 · Azure · GCP · cPanel · Plesk · GoDaddy/Namecheap</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">None</span></td>
115
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
117
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
118
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
119
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Agent-readable actions<div class="row-sub">Beyond static URLs</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Yes — typed actions, params, auth</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Service descriptors</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Yes — full RPC</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">URLs only</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Free-text hints</span></td>
128
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
129
- <td><span class="yes">OpenAPI spec</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Cross-vendor compatibility<div class="row-sub">No vendor lock-in</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">100% — runs over plain DNS</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CA-dependent</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Anthropic ecosystem</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Universal</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Emerging</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Universal</span></td>
139
- <td><span class="no">OpenAI-bound</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Key rotation<div class="row-sub">Without breaking clients</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Atomic via DNS TTL</span><div class="row-sub">Add new pk → wait TTL → remove old</div></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CRL / OCSP refresh</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">Manual</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
147
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
148
- <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Manifest refresh</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Caching<div class="row-sub">Internet-scale</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Native DNS caching everywhere</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CDN / OCSP staple</span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
156
- <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Open spec + reference impl<div class="row-sub">Free to adopt</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Open · MIT · published</span></td>
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- <td><span class="meh">Draft</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
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- <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
168
- <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
169
- <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
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- <td class="row-label">Live trust API<div class="row-sub">Programmatic verification</div></td>
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- <td class="wab"><span class="yes"><a href="/api/discovery/trust/webagentbridge.com">/api/discovery/trust/:domain</a></span></td>
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- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
175
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
176
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
177
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
178
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
179
- <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
180
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- </tbody>
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- </table>
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- <p class="legend">Legend: <span class="yes">✓ first-class support</span> · <span class="meh">~ partial / optional</span> · <span class="no">✗ not supported</span></p>
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- <div class="panel">
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- <h3>Why DNS-rooted trust beats CA-rooted PKI for agent discovery</h3>
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- <ul style="line-height:1.8;color:#cbd5e1;">
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- <li><strong>Universal infrastructure.</strong> Every domain already has DNS. Adding WAB is one TXT record, not a CA enrollment ceremony.</li>
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- <li><strong>Single trust root.</strong> The agent already trusts <code>example.com</code> for TLS. WAB reuses the same identity — no new authorities to vouch for.</li>
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- <li><strong>Tamper resistance.</strong> DNSSEC + TLS + Ed25519 = three independent layers. An attacker must break all three, not just one CA.</li>
192
- <li><strong>Fast revocation.</strong> Drop the TXT record → resolvers honour TTL → revoked globally in seconds. No CRL polling, no OCSP staple.</li>
193
- <li><strong>Zero new dependencies.</strong> No PKI vendor, no transparency log, no out-of-band registry. Agents that resolve DNS already have everything they need.</li>
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- </ul>
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- </div>
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- <div class="quote">
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- <strong>The bottom line:</strong> WAB v1.3 matches PKI-grade protocols on cryptographic guarantees while keeping the operational footprint of a single DNS record — and it's the only protocol that ships with one-click integrations across all 7 major DNS providers and a live public trust API.
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- <a href="/wab-trust">Verify a Domain</a>
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- <a href="/dns" class="alt">Enable WAB DNS</a>
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- <a href="/adoption-metrics" class="alt">Live Adoption Metrics</a>
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- <a href="/docs/SPEC" class="alt">Read the Spec</a>
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+ <span class="badge">WAB v1.3 · Comparative Analysis</span>
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+ <h1>WAB vs every other agent-discovery protocol</h1>
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+ <p>An honest side-by-side. WAB DNS Discovery v1.3 against ANS, MCP, sitemap.xml, llms.txt, ai.txt, robots.txt, and OpenAI ai-plugin.json — across cryptography, latency, adoption cost, and operational simplicity.</p>
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+
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+ <h3>Where each protocol sits</h3>
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+ <thead>
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+ <tr>
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+ <th>Capability</th>
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+ <th class="wab">WAB v1.3 (DNS)</th>
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+ <th>ANS (PKI)</th>
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+ <th>MCP</th>
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+ <th>sitemap.xml</th>
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+ <th>llms.txt</th>
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+ <th>ai.txt / robots.txt</th>
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+ <th>ai-plugin.json</th>
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+ </thead>
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+ <tbody>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">Trust root<div class="row-sub">Where does identity come from?</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">DNS owner + DNSSEC + TLS</span><div class="row-sub">3 independent attestations, zero new infra</div></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">External PKI / CA</span><div class="row-sub">New CA hierarchy required</div></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">Out-of-band trust</span><div class="row-sub">Manual config per client</div></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">None</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">None</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">None</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">HTTPS only</span></td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">Cryptographic signature<div class="row-sub">Tamper-evident manifests</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Ed25519 (signed wab.json)</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">RSA / ECDSA via PKI</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">DNSSEC verification<div class="row-sub">Resolver-level integrity</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Native — AD flag checked</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Optional</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
88
+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">Discovery latency<div class="row-sub">Time to first byte</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">~30–80 ms (1 DNS query)</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">200–600 ms (CRL + cert chain)</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Connection setup + handshake</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch + XML parse</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">HTTP fetch</span></td>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">Site-owner setup time<div class="row-sub">Install → live</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">≈ 60 seconds (1 TXT record)</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">Hours (cert request, CSR, PKI)</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Per-server config</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Few minutes</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Few minutes</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Seconds</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">15–30 minutes</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">One-click DNS providers<div class="row-sub">Native integrations shipped</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">7 — Cloudflare · Route 53 · Azure · GCP · cPanel · Plesk · GoDaddy/Namecheap</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">None</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">Agent-readable actions<div class="row-sub">Beyond static URLs</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Yes — typed actions, params, auth</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Service descriptors</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Yes — full RPC</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">URLs only</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Free-text hints</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">OpenAPI spec</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">Cross-vendor compatibility<div class="row-sub">No vendor lock-in</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">100% — runs over plain DNS</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CA-dependent</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Anthropic ecosystem</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Universal</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Emerging</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Universal</span></td>
139
+ <td><span class="no">OpenAI-bound</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">Key rotation<div class="row-sub">Without breaking clients</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Atomic via DNS TTL</span><div class="row-sub">Add new pk → wait TTL → remove old</div></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CRL / OCSP refresh</span></td>
145
+ <td><span class="no">Manual</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">N/A</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">Manifest refresh</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">Caching<div class="row-sub">Internet-scale</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Native DNS caching everywhere</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CDN / OCSP staple</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="meh">CDN</span></td>
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+ <td class="row-label">Open spec + reference impl<div class="row-sub">Free to adopt</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes">Open · MIT · published</span></td>
164
+ <td><span class="meh">Draft</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
166
+ <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
167
+ <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
168
+ <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
169
+ <td><span class="yes">Open</span></td>
170
+ </tr>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td class="row-label">Live trust API<div class="row-sub">Programmatic verification</div></td>
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+ <td class="wab"><span class="yes"><a href="/api/discovery/trust/webagentbridge.com">/api/discovery/trust/:domain</a></span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
175
+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
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+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
177
+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
178
+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
179
+ <td><span class="no">No</span></td>
180
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+ </tbody>
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+ </table>
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+ <p class="legend">Legend: <span class="yes">✓ first-class support</span> · <span class="meh">~ partial / optional</span> · <span class="no">✗ not supported</span></p>
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+
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+ <div class="panel">
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+ <h3>Why DNS-rooted trust beats CA-rooted PKI for agent discovery</h3>
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+ <ul style="line-height:1.8;color:#cbd5e1;">
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+ <li><strong>Universal infrastructure.</strong> Every domain already has DNS. Adding WAB is one TXT record, not a CA enrollment ceremony.</li>
190
+ <li><strong>Single trust root.</strong> The agent already trusts <code>example.com</code> for TLS. WAB reuses the same identity — no new authorities to vouch for.</li>
191
+ <li><strong>Tamper resistance.</strong> DNSSEC + TLS + Ed25519 = three independent layers. An attacker must break all three, not just one CA.</li>
192
+ <li><strong>Fast revocation.</strong> Drop the TXT record → resolvers honour TTL → revoked globally in seconds. No CRL polling, no OCSP staple.</li>
193
+ <li><strong>Zero new dependencies.</strong> No PKI vendor, no transparency log, no out-of-band registry. Agents that resolve DNS already have everything they need.</li>
194
+ </ul>
195
+ </div>
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+
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+ <div class="quote">
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+ <strong>The bottom line:</strong> WAB v1.3 matches PKI-grade protocols on cryptographic guarantees while keeping the operational footprint of a single DNS record — and it's the only protocol that ships with one-click integrations across all 7 major DNS providers and a live public trust API.
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+ <div class="cta">
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+ <a href="/wab-trust">Verify a Domain</a>
203
+ <a href="/dns" class="alt">Enable WAB DNS</a>
204
+ <a href="/adoption-metrics" class="alt">Live Adoption Metrics</a>
205
+ <a href="/docs/SPEC" class="alt">Read the Spec</a>
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