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Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by mkr-hn »

brokndodge wrote: post #189
ApsoFacto wrote: post #182

I'm one of those people you call "stupid", who "deserves what I get". This is my first time posting here. I've used GD for years. Sure, they try to upsell me, but being in sales, I don't have a problem with giving them a firm "no thanks". If you do, that's your problem, not theirs. They're a business, for goodness sake. Realize that. And not only my sites are now down, but all the sites I maintain for clients. If som…

Agreed. I've been out of work more than 6 months. Right as my family was packing to move to the closest bridge, I got a call from a company to setup their servers and finish their web app. With so much on my plate and no time to do it, I picked the easy and fast route. Use GoDaddy for cheap fast DNS and deal with it later. I brought our servers online this morning. Database and all. I was getting congrats and thank y…

Don't let the callousness of some posters on HN get to you. I think HN is full of decent, caring people, even if it's not always obvious. No one deserves blame for what a criminal did to them.

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by Peaker »

ApsoFacto wrote: post #182

I'm one of those people you call "stupid", who "deserves what I get". This is my first time posting here. I've used GD for years. Sure, they try to upsell me, but being in sales, I don't have a problem with giving them a firm "no thanks". If you do, that's your problem, not theirs. They're a business, for goodness sake. Realize that. And not only my sites are now down, but all the sites I maintain for clients. If som…

I'd imagine from their POV, when you continue doing business with a company they find morally reprehensible, you're no longer "honest people". If their end goal is killing GoDaddy, these collateral losses might be worth it. Also, it might have a positive side-effect of people associating more risk with dealing with shady companies.

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by Natsu »

jat850 wrote: post #112
terrapinbear wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How come others get to downvote my comments but I don't like-wise? This is what's hurting HN. Black box phenomenon like this. No information about the commenting process. Maybe reddit is on to something after all. The designer of this site is one arrogant sob.

At the risk of further degenerating into meta discussion, I'll answer your question: Downvoting privileges are opened up at a certain karma threshold. The number has changed a number of times in the past and I believe it's currently at around a floor of 500-600 karma. There are guidelines surrounding commenting/submissions here: http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Also, note that you cannot downvote anyone who replies to you.

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by mmaunder »

RandallBrown wrote: post #258
mmaunder wrote: post #239

Some data that may help: If you're in the rare situation of using GoDaddy DNS but don't use them as a registrar, then you're in luck. Simply sign up with a new DNS provider. They will give you their DNS servers which you need to set as the DNS servers that are authoritative for your domain. Then sign into your registrar and change the authoritative DNS servers for your domain. There will be a propagation delay but on…

I have seen my GoDaddy sites coming on one at a time over the last hour. They are making progress.

www.godaddy.com DNS is back and site is up with a "we're down" message.

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Post by adrr »

ckrailo wrote: post #163
maratd wrote: post #14

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or Rackspace, which is free and has an API http://www.rackspace.com/cloud/public/dns/ There are many, many options.

Since we're giving options... For DNS, I recommend dnsimple. They do DNS and domain registration for my three domains and their UI is amazing. Here's a referral link that, if used, gives both of us one month free DNS service (which is only $3 anyway). https://dnsimple.com/r/96a980397648e9

Recommend them too. Great interface and support DNS features that allow you to point a naked domain at a Heroku app.

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by mongol »

druiid wrote: post #238
aeden wrote: post #235

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That's a very interesting observation. When you say it should make current clients nervous, what angle are you thinking of? The angle that they should be nervous because GoDaddy had to go to someone else for this type of service or that Verisign is now involved?

The angle that a company responsible for hosting DNS, site hosting, SSL and similar services is incapable of bringing their own site back up without resorting to using a competitors services.

Yes but still.. why so very very nervous? I value that they get things working as soon as possible. After that I can switch.

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by larrys »

mmaunder wrote: post #239

Some data that may help: If you're in the rare situation of using GoDaddy DNS but don't use them as a registrar, then you're in luck. Simply sign up with a new DNS provider. They will give you their DNS servers which you need to set as the DNS servers that are authoritative for your domain. Then sign into your registrar and change the authoritative DNS servers for your domain. There will be a propagation delay but on…

"If you're in the rare situation of using GoDaddy DNS but don't use them as a registrar, then you're in luck. Simply sign up with a new DNS provider."

Assumes of course that people have their zone file to refer to. Which they should. Even if you don't know what a zone file is it's probably a good idea to at the very least make a screen grab of the information where the info is shown at your registrar. Or just use dig from the command line (see my comment further down for syntax).

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by Ensorceled »

I moved the bulk of the sites I manage off of GD when the SOPA thing happened but left a couple because the pain of transferring was to much (read, client didn't want to).

Surprisingly, all the reasons to stay on GD vanished this afternoon :-P

Re: GoDaddy's DNS Service is Down

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Post by Karunamon »

Alex3917 wrote: post #208
alexanderh wrote: post #178

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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…

Right below there it says web hosting starting at 2.95 per month, and if you click on the link the lowest price listed is 3.45 per month and that's only with a 24 month commitment. Why would I go with a company that is outright trying to steal money from me? I ask because they seem to be the most recommended GoDaddy alternative.

>Why would I go with a company that is outright trying to steal money from me?

You really think they'd resort to deception for an extra 50 cents per month? Ignorance before malice.

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