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Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by haboutnnah »

zackbloom wrote: post #10
nickjj wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I currently use NameSilo. Don't forget they also offer free whois privacy for life. My only complaint with them is their DNS records are only updated once every 15 minutes. This makes doing automated API based DNS based LE challenges annoying because you need to sleep your script for 15 minutes to ensure the update got pushed. Also, I'm surprised Cloudflare omit talking about whois privacy in the blog post. Makes me…

We actually didn't talk about WHOIS Privacy because it's becoming less and less of a relevant feature in the post-GDPR world. We do support it, free of charge. Cloudflare is also the largest authoritative DNS deployment in the world, and changes propagate in closer to 15 seconds than 15 minutes.

Sorry to bother you, but do you offer changing nameservers after registration?

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by krn »

bad_user wrote: post #190

Is Cloudflare profitable? I like their service, but given all the freebies that don't generate revenue, I can't help but wonder if they are going to be around for another 5 years before transferring my domains to them.

> Is Cloudflare profitable?

CloudFlare has been profitable since 2014[1]:

> CloudFlare has raised more than $72 million in funding, with a $50 million round in 2012, valuing the company at $1 billion. That last slug of equity is still in the bank, says Prince; the company says it just had its first cash-flow-positive quarter with revenue, estimated to be around $40 million by year-end, growing 450% year over year.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/07/30/cloudfla...

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Post by Dylan16807 »

brobinson wrote: post #127
rk249 wrote: post #41

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I though namecheap was one of the better ones around? I'm looking for a domain registrar. Could share the link with namecheap horror stories? Thanks

If you are using PrivateInternetAccess, you can't login to your NameCheap account. As in, your valid username and password will be rejected. This happens even if you have 2fa enabled. I reset my password twice (even though I _knew_ the original because I use a password manager) before I opened a support case, and they confirmed that they block legitimate logins if they detect you're using a VPN. I wanted to move off…

> CF Registrar is interesting, but there is precedent for CF revoking its services from non-abusive customers before (whatever that alt-right site was) so I don't think I will support them either.

Don't make claims that CF secretly support your politics, I guess. I think that's enough of a corner case not to worry about.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by zuck9 »

coenhyde wrote: post #120
fooey wrote: post #118

I really wish I could find a good solution for generic wildcard forwarding of email my registrar provides I'd move everything to CloudFlare instantly if I could find a way to get *@mydomain.com for all mess of domains without having to run my own email server or pay a bunch of money per domain.

You could probably use Mailgun with a routing rule to map *@yourdomain.com to a single email address.

Is that free?

Some domain registrars offer wildcard domain forwarding for free.

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Post by z3t4 »

TheAceOfHearts wrote: post #152
conradev wrote: post #133

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Interesting that no one here has mentioned Google Domains: - It has no up-sells - I trust Google's security more than Cloudflare's - It has decent customer support, unlike some of Google's other products

Last time I looked at their Terms of Service it appeared that losing your Google account would cause you to lose access to all services. It's not good to put all your eggs in one basket. With that being said, I've used Google Domains as well and haven't had any issues with it.

Using an independent registrar is basically your only insurance in order to keep control of your domains. So it's like putting your nuts in a vise with a RNG controlling the lever. Who wouln't like to save a few cents though ? =)

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Post by colde »

voltagex_ wrote: post #143
brobinson wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are using PrivateInternetAccess, you can't login to your NameCheap account. As in, your valid username and password will be rejected. This happens even if you have 2fa enabled. I reset my password twice (even though I _knew_ the original because I use a password manager) before I opened a support case, and they confirmed that they block legitimate logins if they detect you're using a VPN. I wanted to move off…

Gandi is good, I think the site upgrade is done now so there won't be much clunkiness for new domains. They're more expensive than most, but I've had no problems. I only use their DNS though, I can't comment on mail, mail forwarding or hosting.

I've had the opposite experience with them. Things not working correctly, and a beyond useless support, who can only be contacted by email and often takes 24-48 hours to respond to even simply queries. I would stay away from them.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by floatboth »

> “I love my domain registrar.” Has anyone ever said this?

Yes, pretty much every Hover customer?

(Most people don't even care about this, but) they were late with DNSSEC support though, and I transferred to Google Domains because of that, using a VPN because it wasn't officially available in my country. After a couple years, Google Domains told me to GTFO, went back to Hover and now they did have DNSSEC support :)

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Post by rndgermandude »

convery wrote: post #77

While I'm sure few of us would have controversial domains, let's remember that Cloudflare have removed the DNS records of sites that they didn't like in the past[0]. [0] - https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/

I have to admit, the cloudflare CEO unilaterally dropping a site - even a site as abhorrent as Daily Stormer - gave me pause. Still makes me a bit wary about cloudflare. It wasn't so much that they dropped the nazis, but more of how they did it.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by floatboth »

convery wrote: post #77

While I'm sure few of us would have controversial domains, let's remember that Cloudflare have removed the DNS records of sites that they didn't like in the past[0]. [0] - https://blog.cloudflare.com/why-we-terminated-daily-stormer/

That decision I support. An actually terrible idea they had though was to forward abuse complaints directly to the accused site owner, complete with personal information about the reporter:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/05/cloudflare-chang...

But my biggest concern is that CloudFlare is centralizing the internet way too much. If most connections to smaller websites are proxied through CloudFlare, the web becomes very centralized: all your connections go either to other giants like Google/Facebook/Netflix, or to Cloudflare.

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