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## Origins vs. PeerIDs

The Web security model is anchored to domain names (origins). Moreover, browsers require TLS certificates to be signed by a certificate authority (CA) so as to ensure that the entity requesting a certificate owns the domain name. The role of certificate authorities is to verify that the entity requesting a certificate owns the domain name.
The Web security model is anchored to domain names (origins). Moreover, browsers require TLS certificates to be signed by a certificate authority (CA) to ensure that the entity requesting a certificate owns the domain name. The role of certificate authorities is to verify that the entity requesting a certificate owns the domain name.

On the other hand, libp2p's security model is anchored to PeerIDs: unique identifiers derived from public keys generated by the libp2p node. Unlike CA-signed TLS certificates, PeerIDs can permissionlessly be generated.

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