diff --git a/docs/admin/deployment/landing_page.rst b/docs/admin/deployment/landing_page.rst index 48159951e..7a9a65879 100644 --- a/docs/admin/deployment/landing_page.rst +++ b/docs/admin/deployment/landing_page.rst @@ -140,10 +140,11 @@ let us know and we can remove your instance from the directory. URL and Location ---------------- -Ideally you would not use a separate subdomain, but would use a path at -your top-level domain, e.g. organization.com/securedrop. This is because -TLS does not encrypt the hostname, so a SecureDrop user whose connection -is being monitored would be trivially discovered. +Your *Landing Page* must be a path at your top-level domain, e.g. +organization.com/securedrop, rather than a subdomain (e.g., +securedrop.organization.com). This is because DNS and TLS do not always encrypt the hostname, +so a SecureDrop user whose connection is being monitored would be trivially +discovered if you were to use a subdomain. If the *Landing Page* is deployed on the same domain as another site, you might consider having some specific configuration (such as the security