[Novalug] Domain name registrar recommendation request

covici@ccs.covici.com covici@ccs.covici.com
Thu Nov 19 09:29:12 EST 2015


It was better before it was privatized, then network solutions was very
nice, maybe not as cheap as some are today, but we now have this whole
unnecessary speculation in domains, complete nonsense.

Rich Kulawiec via Novalug <novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 05:13:05AM -0500, Joshua Ellsworth via Novalug wrote:
> > I should also throw in a plug for nearlyfreespeech.net.
> 
> STRONGLY seconded.  They have serious clue.  And they don't cave in
> to baseless legal threats.
> 
> And incidentally, avoid all of the new TLDs.  Most of them, e.g.,
> ".xyz", have been quickly overrun by spammers, to the point where
> it's rapidly becoming a best practice in mail system defense to
> simply blacklist the entire TLD.
> 
> As an aside, having studied this in depth for well over a decade, and
> having looked at about 150M domains (in varying degrees of detail), I'm
> increasingly convinced that over 90% of all domains belong to spammers,
> phishers, domaineers, and typosquatters -- in other words, some of the
> most vile filth on the Internet.  I wouldn't really be surprised if
> that percentage is a serious underestimate.  Given that situation,
> I think it's reasonable to ask who is profiting from this.
> 
> ---rsk
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