The more stories like this I read the happier I am that I use a paid service (Route 53).
dnsmadeeasy is a fine service too.
Name.com hijacks non-existent subdomains and redirects to their servers
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#32Switched from godaddy to namecheap for my 20+ domains a couple years ago. I couldn't be happier.
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#33Name.com is surprisingly open about this spammy practice, and even highlights methods for circumventing it: http://www.name.com/blog/general/domains/2012/01/pro-tip-how... Of course, it would be better for them to simply charge a bit more and get rid of it altogether, especially since it breaks standards.
I am boycotting Name.com so hard right now. Actually they just jumped ABOVE GoDaddy on my boycott list. At least GoDaddy said sorry and pretended.
Still using NameCheap here.
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#34The more stories like this I read the happier I am that I use a paid service (Route 53).
I LOVE Route53, it is just expensive. At least compared to other similar services (e.g. ZoneEdit). Route53 is basically $1/month/domain - most other services can match or beat that.
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#35It's really not that hard to run your own nameserver. While I obviously disagree with what they're doing, I think you should have been running your own in the first place.
Why bother? ZoneEdit works great. I've been using them for, geez, over 15 years I think.
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#36It's really not that hard to run your own nameserver. While I obviously disagree with what they're doing, I think you should have been running your own in the first place.
Easy but for single-server setups also silly.
If your server falls off of the net your DNS goes boom too and you have no shot of redirecting people to a landing page or similar "oh shit" activities.
Now you could re-point your nameserver records but in my experience that takes longer to propagate than a new A record with a short TTL.
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#37Well domain.com uses 'parked' domains to ear themselves advertising dollars until you 'use' them so it seems most domain registrars are in on the 'racket'.
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#38It's really not that hard to run your own nameserver. While I obviously disagree with what they're doing, I think you should have been running your own in the first place.
Why bother? ZoneEdit works great. I've been using them for, geez, over 15 years I think.
ZoneEdit now charge. They grandfathered old users in at a free tier (first 5?) but now all new users have to pay either $1/month/domain or less if you buy a lot of "credits."
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
At the end of the post you say you fully believe their explanation (that those are added as forwarding examples on new accounts). Which one is it?
What do you mean? I believed their explanation but wanted to leave anyways. I don't want them redirecting my domains regardless of intent.
I moved quite a few domains to Hover within the last 2 months. I went and immediately checked the forwards section after reading your comment. Thankfully, there are ZERO forwards setup. I'm guessing they stopped pre-configuring example forwards for demonstration purposes.
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#40Thanks. That was my post. Sad to see others have dealt with this before. I went through their TOS, and there's no way in hell their "Parked Domains" clause is applicable to DNS failovers. What they are doing is just totally wrong. I wrote a second post about it as an Open Letter to them here : http://www.destructuring.net/2013/02/28/an-open-letter-to-na...