BarterClub@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comimagemessage-square493fedilinkarrow-up11.48Karrow-down115file-textcross-posted to: tech@pawb.social
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1imageWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comBarterClub@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square493fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: tech@pawb.social
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up58·1 year agoIf i remember right it was also “free to register but insanely expensive to renew once they start to see traffic”
minus-squaresteltek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoRenewal costs are my primary consideration when picking domains. Subscription fees is how your money disappears when you’re not looking.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoAnyone know how companies get the rights to domains to sell in the first place? Do they literally submit a list of all domains to ICANN or something? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just never understood how any of this really works.
minus-squaresteltek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoTLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever) Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHow is that decision made? How hard would it be for a group of amateurs to make an rog and try to be a registry or registrar.
minus-squareLagomorph@rabbitea.rslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou should check out the OpenNic project, which is an organization that has already attempted what you’re describing. https://www.opennic.org/
If i remember right it was also “free to register but insanely expensive to renew once they start to see traffic”
Renewal costs are my primary consideration when picking domains. Subscription fees is how your money disappears when you’re not looking.
Anyone know how companies get the rights to domains to sell in the first place? Do they literally submit a list of all domains to ICANN or something? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just never understood how any of this really works.
TLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever)
Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry
Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD
ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.
How is that decision made? How hard would it be for a group of amateurs to make an rog and try to be a registry or registrar.
You should check out the OpenNic project, which is an organization that has already attempted what you’re describing.
https://www.opennic.org/