Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by fludlight » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 1:30 AM UTC

jlgaddis wrote: post #6

s/January/February/

Thanks, I updated the title.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by sandymcmurray » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 1:50 AM UTC

Very happy with hover.com for domain registration.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by rococode » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 1:52 AM UTC

NameSilo is my go-to registrar - consistent pricing, free forwarding, free WHOIS privacy, instant security alerts on account access, simple and functional interface, great customer service, basically everything you could ask for from a registrar. I have yet to see any negative reviews about them.

I use NameSilo's default DNS service for simple things, Route 53 for anything more complex.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by quickthrower2 » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 1:57 AM UTC

Namecheap. Out of habit really.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by nyuszika7h » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 2:09 AM UTC

I buy on Namecheap and transfer to Cloudflare (except for the still unsupported .me domains, those have stayed at Namecheap). I also use Cloudflare DNS, but I disable the CDN.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by codedrop » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 2:29 AM UTC

nearlyfreespeech.net has been handling my domains and DNS requirements for the last few years. Quite happy with them

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by mstaoru » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 2:57 AM UTC

nyuszika7h wrote: post #15

I buy on Namecheap and transfer to Cloudflare (except for the still unsupported .me domains, those have stayed at Namecheap). I also use Cloudflare DNS, but I disable the CDN.

Exactly the same. For critical domains I also add extra NS servers from commercial DNS providers (Akamai), but keep Cloudflare for my custom automated records sync script.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by rckoepke » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 5:27 AM UTC

Google domains. Is there any reason I should be concerned about this?

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by adventured » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 5:43 AM UTC

I've moved most of my domains over to Cloudflare. I had been with GoDaddy for something near 20 years. I got tired of paying their steep markup on renewals, watching the price go up year after year (once upon a time GoDaddy was considered a relatively inexpensive registrar). I also like the free information redaction offered with Cloudflare.

Re: Ask HN: What domain registrar and DNS provider do you use? (February 2020)

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Post by actionowl » Thu, Feb 06, 2020, 6:32 AM UTC

Been using Gandi for over a decade now!