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Re: Google Domains

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So you have deployed DNSSEC and are actively using DANE?

FWIW, I left Namecheap for GKG.net for the sole reason that Namecheap didn't support DNSSEC. And yes, I have deployed DNSSEC and DANE. On https for emailprivacytester.com, and on https, smtp, imap and xmpp for grepular.com.

Neat. It's probably difficult to tell but do you have any idea what usage is like?

Re: Google Domains

#232
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So now my domains can be hosted by a company famed for its responsive and transparent customer service!

Google: Our bot has blocked your domain for a specific reason. Please whine on hackernews and hope for frontpage to reach support.

Where can I get an invite code?

Re: Google Domains

#233
I remember getting my Bigfoot for life email address. It didn't exactly last that long. But basically that was email forwarding. But you had to change your reply-to in outgoing emails, and it was a little confusing for recipients.

Email forwarding, doesn't stop Google reading the mail as it goes through transit. Which is a little unsettling. I'd be interested to hear/read their privacy policy regarding this.

Re: Google Domains

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I haven't had a bad experience with Google's technical support either, but their technical support tends to work like this: 1. Hunt for solutions to your problem on forums. 2. Discover the magic link where you can submit a form with a message regarding your problem. 3. Sit back and wait for 24 hours. 4. Your problem is resolved, and you may or may not receive an email stating that the issue was resolved. Communicatio…

You have a strange definition of "support"

I had this experience when trying to verify my Google Wallet account and my Google Music membership due to their failures with Google Wallet. I had no way to pay for Google services for over a year. I also had problems upgrading my Google Drive disk space at some point, and it was again a matter of throwing an email into a hole and waiting for the problem to be fixed with very little feedback.

Others with the same issues:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=google+wallet+account+v...

Re: Google Domains

#235

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FWIW, I left Namecheap for GKG.net for the sole reason that Namecheap didn't support DNSSEC. And yes, I have deployed DNSSEC and DANE. On https for emailprivacytester.com, and on https, smtp, imap and xmpp for grepular.com.

Neat. It's probably difficult to tell but do you have any idea what usage is like?

I'm guessing for DNSSEC, the usage is probably low and for DANE it's probably almost non-existant.

FWIW, I use the Firefox addon "DNSSEC Validator" (also does DANE) - https://www.dnssec-validator.cz/ - So if somebody managed to MITM my connection and insert a different, but still trusted, cert in the way, I'd notice.

DNSSEC/DANE would probably see a lot more adoption if one or more of the main browsers did this sort of validation by default.

Re: Google Domains

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It's an included service when you use them to manage your domain names. https://www.gandi.net/domain/whois/ http://wiki.gandi.net/en/domains/private-registration http://wiki.gandi.net/en/contacts/privatewhois From the home page, it's at the bottom of the green box under "Every domain name includes".

Well, the subtlety is that only applies to domain registered for "personal", not "business", use. Gandi support used to be the best. Now that domain isn't they core and only business, support quality is falling. Fast. I have an old account. And some point they migrated my old account. And now my domain is flagged as a business type domain, which it isn't. It is lock as they changed it themselves. When I've contacted…

Hello from Gandi. The scenario you're describing sounds like a result of a change we made in 2006 when we added a new domain contact type. If so, we _can_ do something about it. Either way, we're not in the habit of messing up and refusing to fix it. If you have a ticket number from your previous exchange, we could go from there, or you can email me directly (aj@).

Re: Google Domains

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I had to move my domains from an unresponsive/dead registrar (NameTerrific). I emailed Tucows (the parent?) and they sent me a domain migration code for the domain. It was pretty simple, luckily.

I had to do the same thing from NameTerrific but got my migration code from the top-level. The worst part is that I was "in contact" with the owner via Twitter, and he assured me that he would totally look into things at some point in the near future..

Yeah, NameTerrific is completely dead, I'm going to move away ASAP. At least he put up a "we're dead" page.
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