Inspired by this comment [1] I impulsively bought this domain, any ideas on what to actually do with this?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44734639
Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
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Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#2Start a white-hat hacking service, offering companies help find flaws in their security.
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#3Start a white-hat hacking service, offering companies help find flaws in their security.
That's not the worst idea, how does that tie back to the domain though?
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#4Be careful with this. This could be considered cybersquatting, which is illegal with lots of prior cases.
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#5Be careful with this. This could be considered cybersquatting, which is illegal with lots of prior cases.
What are the consequences of this? I think they can seize the domain for free if I'm misrepresenting the site as part of github, but lets assume I use no branding, etc what's the worst that can happen?
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#6Lightweight UI for Github? (If that doesn't already exist).
e.g. client requests https://github.mx/llvm/llvm-project, your server fetches the data from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project (using an API or scraping the site), and renders it in a cleaner UI with less HTML and JavaScript.
It would be useful for slow/outdated devices and places with low internet bandwidth. The URL concept is similar to https://github.dev/llvm/llvm-project, which opens the project in a web-hosted VSCode (vaguely the opposite since VSCode is more UI but also more features).
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#7Lightweight UI for Github? (If that doesn't already exist). e.g. client requests https://github.mx/llvm/llvm-project , your server fetches the data from https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project (using an API or scraping the site), and renders it in a cleaner UI with less HTML and JavaScript. It would be useful for slow/outdated devices and places with low internet bandwidth. The URL concept is similar to https://github.d…
good idea, that's appreciated!
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#8Be careful with this. This could be considered cybersquatting, which is illegal with lots of prior cases.
What are the consequences of this? I think they can seize the domain for free if I'm misrepresenting the site as part of github, but lets assume I use no branding, etc what's the worst that can happen?
I don't know, I'm not a lawyer. But if somebody squatted my company's mx domain, I'd be a little concerned just from a phishing perspective alone. GitHub is also a trademark, so...
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#9Unpopular opinion, park it and turn off auto-renew. I too had a typo github domain I used for training and with some hesitation I let it go when Microsoft bought them. They have a lot of lawyers and interesting priorities. perhaps an understatement on my part...
Re: Ask HN: What should I do with the domain github.mx?
#10Start a white-hat hacking service, offering companies help find flaws in their security.
That's not the worst idea, how does that tie back to the domain though?
Send (spear-) or otherwise phishing emails from that domain.
Maybe with some nonsense about MX records :-D
If you are careful and honest it’s not illegal. GitHub might still take the domain but if you aren’t misrepresenting anything you shouldn’t be on the hook for cybersquatting IMHO.