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Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by toast0 »

brandur wrote: post #136
conradev wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Aside from the price, one very good reason to be interested in CloudFlare as a registrar compared to Google Domains is that CloudFlare supports CNAME flattening [1] so that you can use a CNAME instead of an IP address for an A record (AKA "ALIAS" on DNSimple or Route53). I'm using Google Domains right now, but have been using CloudFlare to host my DNS for ages for this reason alone. I'll think about transferring my d…

Note that if you're cnaming to some thing that is doing dns based load balancing or Geo targeting, introducing flattening in the middle may reduce the ability of your provider to do those things.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by mrep »

krn wrote: post #137
conradev wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Google Domains is only available in 15 countries[1]. Also, I wouldn't use a personal Google account to register a domain name for a company. [1] https://support.google.com/domains/answer/4639612?hl=en

FYI: You should never use any personal accounts for any company account. There have been horror stories about AWS accounts associated with Amazon retail accounts too.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by voltagex_ »

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…

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.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by krn »

mrep wrote: post #142
krn wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google Domains is only available in 15 countries[1]. Also, I wouldn't use a personal Google account to register a domain name for a company. [1] https://support.google.com/domains/answer/4639612?hl=en

FYI: You should never use any personal accounts for any company account. There have been horror stories about AWS accounts associated with Amazon retail accounts too.

That's exactly what I meant.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by triodan »

Ajedi32 wrote: post #117
eridius wrote: post #103

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That's misleading. They removed the records of one site. Not "sites". And they did it because that site was claiming that CloudFlare providing them services meant that CloudFlare secretly supported their (hate-based) ideology. And it's also worth pointing out that CloudFlare wasn't the only company terminating services for Storm Front. GoDaddy dropped them, then Google dropped them (and their YouTube account), then T…

And, perhaps more importantly, Cloudflare admitted that was a mistake and promised that it wouldn't happen again. (IIRC.)

Can you quote a source for that? I'd very much like the assurance for a claim like that.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by lstamour »

LakeAustin wrote: post #9
r1ch wrote: post #4

This sounds great. Hopefully the TLD coverage is extensive, I dislike having my domains split across multiple registrars based on their supported extensions.

We want to help you consolidate those! Full list here for TLDs supported at launch, but we're busy working to add more before then. https://www.cloudflare.com/tld-policies/

I wonder if the best approach would be to target registries with the most domains on CloudFlare? But my personal wish list includes .ca, .is, .to, .eco and .software :)

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by RandomGuyDTB »

brandur wrote: post #136
conradev wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Aside from the price, one very good reason to be interested in CloudFlare as a registrar compared to Google Domains is that CloudFlare supports CNAME flattening [1] so that you can use a CNAME instead of an IP address for an A record (AKA "ALIAS" on DNSimple or Route53). I'm using Google Domains right now, but have been using CloudFlare to host my DNS for ages for this reason alone. I'll think about transferring my d…

I second this. I have my domain instantfloppy.net hosted on GDomains and use Cloudflare for DNS but I'm going to transfer "mid-November" for sure. I wholeheartedly trust Cloudflare. They've shown their commitment to privacy and I don't understand what their endgame is but I want to believe they support a better Web.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by zackbloom »

Nerada wrote: post #121
jgrahamc wrote: post #40

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Yes, we do.

Any chance of allowing more TLDs for the registration process? My TLD of choice for e-mail (.Industries) is considered illegitimate when attempting to register for Cloudflare.

Can you contact our support team? All legitimate TLDs should be able to register on Cloudflare.

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by _jomo »

I wonder why nobody has mentioned Njalla [0] yet.

>We want to keep things simple and we're not trying to compete on price but security. We will never be the cheapest domain name registration service but we'll always be the most privacy centered one

You sign up with email or XMPP+OTR, they send mails PGP signed + encrypted (using info from key server or the key you uploaded), they have app based (TOTP) 2FA and they accept various cryptocurrencies.

There's no bullshit and so far the support has been quite good.

Their DNS (currently) supports: A, AAAA, CAA, CNAME, MX, NS, PTR, SRV, SSHFP, TXT (also "Dynamic" and "Redirect")

It's run by some of the Pirate Bay founders and they're still making fun of legal threats. ;)

0: https://njal.la

Re: Introducing Cloudflare Registrar

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Post by dogecoinbase »

_jomo wrote: post #149

I wonder why nobody has mentioned Njalla [0] yet. >We want to keep things simple and we're not trying to compete on price but security. We will never be the cheapest domain name registration service but we'll always be the most privacy centered one You sign up with email or XMPP+OTR, they send mails PGP signed + encrypted (using info from key server or the key you uploaded), they have app based (TOTP) 2FA and they ac…

I like and use Njalla, but you should be aware of what you're getting into: > When you purchase a domain name through Njalla, we own it for you. However, the agreement between us grants you full usage rights to the domain. It's not at all unlikely that they will eventually be shut down very hard. Please do not use them (or, as long as I'm here, any ccTLD, but that's another story) for any serious/long-term purpose.
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