.name Termination • Hacker News Board

Re: .name Termination

#11

Post by ipython » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

From the Verisign application [0] for this change:

    > 2.1. What effect, if any, will the proposed service have on the life cycle of domain names?
    > None. There will not be any effect on the life cycle of domain names.

ehhh, how is that possibly true? This change (deleting all third level names) by definition affects the lifecycle of domain names ... by terminating them!

Many years ago I wrote articles bringing attention to the negative effects of Verisign's SiteFinder [1] - if you don't remember this, it's when Verisign hijacked NXDOMAIN by redirecting any unresolvable domain to a site they owned and controlled.

[0] https://itp.cdn.icann.org/en/files/consensus-policies/rsep-2... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site_Finder

Re: .name Termination

#12

Post by noja » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:13 PM UTC

ICANN approved this.

Re: .name Termination

#13

Post by layer8 » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:14 PM UTC

eleventen wrote: post #5

> Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name. ...minutes?

He didn’t say how many minutes.

Re: .name Termination

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Post by Evidlo » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC

eleventen wrote: post #5

> Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name. ...minutes?

Don't want to get scooped by GoDaddy when they hear the good news.

Re: .name Termination

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Post by tasty_freeze » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC

eleventen wrote: post #5

> Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name. ...minutes?

It was more than one minute.

Re: .name Termination

#16

Post by swiftcoder » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

xyzzy_plugh wrote: post #7

> Despite the fact that it's registered and paid for until 2040 How is this possible? I thought there was a 10 year limit.

it's probably a 10 year registration, plus a pre-paid renewal at the registrar

Re: .name Termination

#17

Post by xiaoyu2006 » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

xyst wrote: post #3

Verisign is the worst. Hope author wins

May I ask what is wrong with Verisign?

Re: .name Termination

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Post by Ecco » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:19 PM UTC

Ok I don’t get it. Why not register `fraser.nameˋ directly? Or pick any TLD and register ˋ a 2nd-level domain (ˋfraser.tld`)? It just feels easier, plus this way you don’t have to pay for any new member of your family?

Re: .name Termination

#19

Post by xiaoyu2006 » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC

eleventen wrote: post #5

> Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name. ...minutes?

just a figure of speech

Re: .name Termination

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Post by kotaKat » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:20 PM UTC

eleventen wrote: post #5

> Minutes after my daughter was born, I also registered beverly.fraser.name. ...minutes?

To be faiiiir, when your partner is absolutely zonked out in the minutes post-delivery, what else is there to do when you're by their side and still half-asleep? Time to start announcing your pride and joy to the world, starting with a domain zone file.