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@drewtowler @mdreid 1) Name compression and offset handling (all DNS software was buggy in the past about that, confusing = and & when testing specific bits) and 2) bitsquatting (either from space rays or humans)
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Patrick Mevzek
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"Do not go gentle into that good night."
Flying in registration and resolution planes since 1997.
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@resuna@ohai.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @anonax@defcon.social It is not true, at least now (but things take time to evolve) for .FR .CH and .LI for what I know, but may be for the rest: in some ccTLDs, there is no grace period after expiration, so domain is immediately renewed, and billed to registrar. Which hence has to secure payment before that date. Then you can like or dislike any specific behavior, but if it is in a contract you signed, then you can't claim you weren't aware. Pro tip: doing domain name plays is bad idea.
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@sindarina They appeared now in my timeline for some parts of the thread, so I read the full thread for context and replied on what seemed most irritating to me (as I just got a similar discussion in a - this time - recent thread), but I didn't look at the dates, that is correct. My plea will be https://xkcd.com/386/
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@dbauer @tykling Why? It is not a real pure DNS client, as it will happily use content of /etc/resolv.conf for search lists and what not. It is also FAR behind in terms of pure DNS features, like EDNS. Recent dig do also have DoT / DoH support. More importantly: the authors of it tell you it is deprecated.
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@dbauer @tykling Testing local DNS config (or I will say "local resolution config" because names can be resolved in many ways, static /etc/hosts being one) is related but slightly different from testing DNS (purely) by doing DNS queries. To test local resolution config I would advise more towards using getent ahosts or resolvectll. Or any language piggybacking gethostbyname and similar libc endpoints.
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@tykling 100% agree but usually people having learnt DNS 20 years ago will reply back with: "but nslookup exists by default in Windows, and not dig, so...".
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@esther_alter @negative12dollarbill Your domain subalterngames.com was not lost and registered again because a whois now shows "Creation Date: 2012-01-01T23:15:49Z", which means the domain can only have changed registrars. Until January 2026 it had Dreamhost nameservers but now has Name.com ones. Did you forget to renew it (see reminders you should have got by email)? Pro tip: register/renew important domain for 10 years immediately. Where did you buy it initially?
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@lispi314 @sindarina Why is 1.2.3.4 "cute"? And not 0.1.2.3 ? Or 10.20.30.40? How is it more memorable than all other bad cases like 1.1.1.1? More importantly: why do you even care to memorize it? No one should bother with memorizing IP addresses, specially those of current Internet aka IPv6 ones, but even for legacy IPv4 ones. There was this thing invented long ago to help humans use just names they are comfortable with, called the DNS...
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@bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr @pypi@fosstodon.org Because not all #TLD registries joined the #RDAP fiesta 🙂 ? And in theory even a change of registrant, or maybe even DNS provider (or MX records) should trigger a "emails on this domain are not verified anymore" situation. As it should trigger certificates revocation too, which won't happen (hence shorter lifetimes as a solution).
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@bortzmeyer@mastodon.gougere.fr @pypi@fosstodon.org So either they forbid people using email addresses in ccTLDs (bad and probably not the case), or they consider that population to be more well-behaved regarding domain zombies (as they resurrect…) 🙂
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@resuna@ohai.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @anonax@defcon.social Was a contract signed and was the behavior written in said contract? (saying "but I didn't read it" does not count). There is no question on good or bad, but if it is written out and you accept the contract, then I am not sure what is the complaint about? If you don't like that specific part, then, simple... just don't sign that contract! There are enough registrars to choose from and TLDs (again: bad idea to play on domain names, feels smart but more bad stories...)
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@resuna@ohai.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @anonax@defcon.social "but unambiguously white knighting for the registrar is rather libertarian of you." You obviously didn't read the part where I said there is no opinion and no good or bad. There is a contract, you accept it or you don't. I think that will be my end of thread with you.
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@resuna@ohai.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @anonax@defcon.social I would be curious (but not really) to see if you are a registrar (a business like another one) and you have the registry rule you can't do anything about,that you, the registrar is billed automatically (with no refund) on expiration date, if domain is not deleted before. What is your business plan then to make sure to be paid, obviously before that expiration date? I mean in a realistic settings not in fantasy land where all registrants are good and all registrars bad.
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@resuna@ohai.social @FediTips@social.growyourown.services @anonax@defcon.social "In that case the registrar is a customer of another registrar" Not true at all. You obviously don't know how domain name registration works, and the role of a registrar and a registry. Without which it is kind of pointless to discuss. There is a single registry per TLD, and it chooses whatever policy it pleases. Find it abusive? Choose another TLD. But all registrars have to abide by it, or else they can't sell the TLD.
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@amd@social.amd.im @aral@mastodon.ar.al An example explaining why in multiple countries the road fine amount is proportional to your income (verified on the spot by the police agent). So that the "incentive" to not do it is adapted to your wealth.
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@restless@social.tchncs.de It's a EU initiative, so operator was selected after a tender and rules are set by the EU commission. As such, for individuals, it is a free service, no commercialization. See FAQ at bottom of https://joindns4.eu/for-public ; but then there are other services tailored to other usages.