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Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by keane »

Maybe Switzerland's .ch/.li - info at https://www.nic.ch/reg/index/view.html?lid=en

You might note that .ch/.li is used by a number of controversial sites at the moment such as:

  1channel (.ch)
  Anonops IRC (.li, also .lc)
  Encyclopædia Dramatica (.ch) (IRC used by LulzSec, IRCop arrested)
  Wikileaks (.ch, used when EveryDNS disabled .org)
  Putlocker (.ch, mirror of .com)
  Quicksilverscreen (.ch)
See this article about pressure from the US and French governments on .ch (Switch) to censor WL, which they refused: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/04/wikileaks-site-s...

WIPO has assembled links to various ccTLD's policies; here is their page for .ch http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/cctld/ch/index.html

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by dataminer »

178 wrote: post #12
jcdavis wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't remember having a high registration time for my .is domain, although its possible I just forgot. The only gotcha I would mention if you go through isnic is that you need to have your own DNS servers, and they have to be registered with ISNIC with a NIC handle (and some other things?). I just use Linode's DNS servers (where I host it), and haven't had any issues.

you can also use 1984.is, an icelandic free dns provider. nice guys, too.

Have you used their vps service? If you have please comment on its reliability, seems very competitively priced. According to wikipedia 100% of Iceland electricity is produced from renewable sources. I am tempted to move most of my servers to Iceland.

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by thebigshane »

dangrossman wrote: post #17
mattparlane wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the normal DNS Time-To-Live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records Iceland's servers have to host the records, so low TTLs would increase their traffic and therefore load.

@ChuckN : FYI, you have been hellbanned for the past ~2 years. Your comments are automatically marked [dead] and hidden.

Looking through his comments after reading your comment feels just like watching the Sixth Sense. Has ChuckN really been commenting for the past two years without knowing nobody can see him (well except for the few that enable showdead)?

And now, maybe today, ChuckN will read your comment, the first person to acknowledge him after so long, and he will playback the last 2 years of his HN involvement in a montage in his head as all of the pieces start to come together ... why does no one respond to my comments? why do my comments always get downvoted? could it be true? am I really... dead?

This is quite a remarkable story actually.

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by JS_startup »

taf2 wrote: post #23
mhansen wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

FYI to people considering .nz: WHOIS Privacy is not allowed in .nz. I'm very happy with my .nz domain, but it's lame that I have to have my home address in a publicly accessible database.

use a PO box? unless there are some downsides, like ssl cert issuers not issuing for PO box? this looks easy enough: https://poboxes.usps.com/poboxonline/search/landingPage.do I'd assume other countries provide something similar?

PO boxes are not a legitimate solution for someone needing total anonymity. Anyone can fill out a request for boxholder information form to find out the identity of the person who registered it.

edit: The USPS will provide this info no questions asked, no subpoena or court order required.

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by MatthewPhillips »

mhansen wrote: post #22
lancewiggs wrote: post #20

.nz justly prides itself on a robust, cheap and fair disputes resolution service. It's based in New Zealand, a country which is regularly ranked in the top three least corrupt in the world, and currently number 1. InternetNZ is an open membership charitable society that is the delegated country manager for .nz and has the objective to strive for an open and uncapturable internet. They delegated the day to day managem…

FYI to people considering .nz: WHOIS Privacy is not allowed in .nz. I'm very happy with my .nz domain, but it's lame that I have to have my home address in a publicly accessible database.

Don't use domain privacy. By using it you give up legal ownership of your domain. The entity listed in WHOIS legally owns the domain.

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by c1sc0 »

mattparlane wrote: post #11
walrus wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What does TTL stand for in this context?

It's the normal DNS Time-To-Live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records Iceland's servers have to host the records, so low TTLs would increase their traffic and therefore load.

timezones ... thx for responding about TTL. About the only thing I'd add is that it needs to be set to 24h whereas most others will accept lower values.

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by [deleted] »

c1sc0 wrote: post #36
mattparlane wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the normal DNS Time-To-Live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_to_live#DNS_records Iceland's servers have to host the records, so low TTLs would increase their traffic and therefore load.

timezones ... thx for responding about TTL. About the only thing I'd add is that it needs to be set to 24h whereas most others will accept lower values.

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Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by soult »

dsl wrote: post #21

Outside the reach of the US pretty much means countries with hostile diplomatic relations. Any safety you might be afforded by other countries (say New Zealand or Sweden) depends on if you are worth someone in DC picking up a telephone. A quick check over at the State Department website gives us a few candidates: Belarus - Nope. Most of the DNS infrastructure is hosted in US friendly countries (Poland, Russia, etc.)…

You just listed the countries where your domain is most likely to be seized by the government. Well, maybe add UAE and Saudi Arabia for completeness' sake.

I don't think a call from Washington DC to any country is enough to shut down domains, otherwise, what would the US need SOPA for?

Re: Best TLD that can't be taken down by US/etc?

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Post by Nick_C »

lancewiggs wrote: post #20

.nz justly prides itself on a robust, cheap and fair disputes resolution service. It's based in New Zealand, a country which is regularly ranked in the top three least corrupt in the world, and currently number 1. InternetNZ is an open membership charitable society that is the delegated country manager for .nz and has the objective to strive for an open and uncapturable internet. They delegated the day to day managem…

I'd be wary of putting NZ ahead of others. NZ is currently negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. If it is anything like Australia's, and it will be simply because the U.S. has more clout, NZ will have to agree to implement, among other things, the same copyright laws as in the U.S.

Australia had to implement the ridiculous "70 year after death" rule, and so on.

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