I'm against SOPA and these laws as much as the next guy and I don't agree with many of stances that godaddy takes, but assuming they were really hacked, it's because of idiots like anonymous that our freedom on the internet is in jeopardy. This kind of stuff will simply promote the governments around the world to pass laws regulating the internet.
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#212Earlier quoted context omitted.
While those things are certainly annoying, they take up about 10 minutes per year of my time. Yes, GoDaddy has lots of issues, but it's not like other registrars are any better. E.g. on the front page of NameCheap they advertise that .com domains are 3.99, but when you actually do a lookup they in fact cost $10.69.
It does not say .com names are $3.99 It is slightly misleading (since the default search box is for .com), but all it says is "DOMAINS FROM 3.99" which is absolutely true. Some .info domains go for as low as $3.99 That is nowhere near as bad as GoDaddy's upselling crap PLUS namecheap's configuration and control panels are really nice to use. Comparing GoDaddy to NameCheap is like comparing MySpace (before the last ma…
Namecheap is a fabulous hosting provider. Love 'em. That said, highly-redundant DDOS-resistant DNS infrastructure is not their focus--they offer it as a free service with hosting, but it's best to cough up a few extra bucks and move your DNS to something more robust with AnyCast (DNS Made Easy, Route53...) when you can if uptime's important to you.
Check this out for real-time query speed testing: http://cloudharmony.com/dnstest
(And yeah, looks like GoDaddy is a solid "Test failed" still...)
Funny note after running the test a few times--the worst performing provider is the one whose salespeople contact me the most...
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#213Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's simply not true. And even if you ignore strictly technical problems they've had in the past (and the technical issues I had helping a non-profit with a hacked GoDaddy instance on a shared box that they disclaimed responsibility for), their moral/political problems are technical problems as well. As far as I'm concerned, failing to follow a DMCA properly and instead simply re-routing DNS requests in the meantim…
I'm curious, how did you narrow it down to GoDaddy as being the culprit? Let me guess, you used a popular CMS?
It was a hosted WordPress blog. That by default makes it their fault. If WP weren't up to date, it's their fault. If the host for the shared instance were hacked and files were added to all of the shared installations (which is what happened), it's their fault.
The problem was, the malware was only visible when the referrer was "Google", so they claimed there was nothing wrong. For weeks.
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#214I found this hoping to gather some information about the DNS attack. And instead all I found was that as a nonprofit without enough money to invest in IT staff who might "know better", it's just too bad that we can't accept donations on our website for our homeless children we support because by using GoDaddy we got what we deserved. Was hoping to find information, but that isn't quite what I got.
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#215This thread demonstrates that HN needs a comment collapse button a la reddit. The first comment thread, mostly useless, is taking most of the page, and no way to collapse it.
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#216Earlier quoted context omitted.
DNS services cost money, either in staffing or recurring charges, so it really depends on your budget. Neustar is a nice DNS provider ($50+/mo). Generally you'll want to set up your new DNS, turn down the refresh on your existing DNS domains, wait $old_refresh or so, then change your primary/secondaries listed at your registrar to point at your new DNS.
I have to disagree with your 'Neustar is a nice DNS provider' statement. I used them for 2 years, most of that time I was unhappy but because I was locked into a contract I had to wait it out or else pay a hefty breakage fee. Their website/UI wasn't any good, very dated, they even rolled out a new one before I left, but that was horrible, they used AJAX everywhere, just for the sake of using it, and it made usability…
I know them from the secondary.com days, so I'm sorry to hear that they've declined.
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#217Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reasons not to use GoDaddy in the past have been entirely moral/political, not technical. I've been using them for 10 years without a DNS issue like this, so it's not quite the same thing.
Completely agree. The small business I work for has used GoDaddy from the start and has had outstanding uptime. Sure the interface is horrible but that doesn't affect our customers. So, now what do we switch to?
You want EasyDNS (https://web.easydns.com/). Transparent, care about (D)DOS, pretty good UI.
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#219So.... just to get the ball rolling here... what did GoDaddy do to piss everyone off so much that they raised the ire of Anonymous? Other than the choice of Danika as a spokesmodel, I mean.
GoDaddy's service is non-exceptional, their Web UI is clearly focused more on up-sales than on helping customers get work done, their [advertisements are sexist][1], their [attempts to police the Internet][2] are an affront to free speech, they [lobbied for the horrible SOPA until it appeared likely that continuing to do so would hurt their bottom line][3], and their [founder/former-CEO][4] is a hyperaggressive douchebag who [kills elephants for fun][5].
References:
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoDaddy.com#Marketing (Wikipedia: GoDaddy.com: Marketing) [2]: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2007/01/godaddy_defends/ ("GoDaddy Defends SecLists Takedown," Kevin Poulsen, January 25, 2007, Threat Level) [3]: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57349913-281/godaddy-bows-... ("GoDaddy bows to boycott, now 'opposes' SOPA copyright bill," Declan McCullagh, December 29, 2011, CNET News) [4]: http://www.bobparsons.me (Bob Parsons) [5]: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/daddy-ceo-bob-parsons-africa-... ("Go Daddy CEO Bob Parsons: Africa Elephant Hunt Video 'Nothing to Be Ashamed Of'," Susanna Kim and Michael S. James, April 2, 2011, ABC News)
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#220I use gratisdns.dk, excellent free DNS service that I've used to years with high reliability. Helps to be able to read danish.