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Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by Aeolun »

Spivak wrote: post #355
reaperducer wrote: post #325

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean wait six to eight months for the IT security department in another division of the company in another state to -maybe- approve my cert request. Not all web development is three guys on Linux laptops at WeWork.

Why would you need a real cert? This is for your local machine, right? Use the tool, generate a CA, important into Mozilla's trust store, and go nuts. I'm trying to imagine a webdev workflow where you couldn't get a machine-local CA working.

No admin privileges to manipulate the certificate store is one.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by shard972 »

andrepew wrote: post #231
vtange wrote: post #201

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There was this one guy who lost a valuable Twitter handle due to him using his custom domain email (via GoDaddy) as a login email.[0] I'd like to think imagine Google is better than GoDaddy when it comes to security and fighting social-engineering attacks but who knows. But if Google is a weak link wouldn't that also mean all our gmails are not as safe as we think? [0] https://medium.com/@N/how-i-lost-my-50-000-twitt…

I'd say Google would be one of the most resistant organizations to social engineering by virtue of the fact that you can never really talk to an actual human even if you are a legit user and want help on an issue.

Except we have the example of the daily stormer, a neo nazi website that had their domain ownership siezed by google.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by karlshea »

slenk wrote: post #393
toast0 wrote: post #304

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I wouldn't lease the domain through Google domains. Use a different registrar --- if possible, one that you'll be able to trust. That registrar will work with the registry of the TLD, which would be google in this case, and has a much better chance of actually resolving issues than if you were a direct customer of Google Domains.

What registrar would you suggest? I have some on Google but I think I want to transfer now. I also have some on Namecheap, are those safe?

I've been using https://www.hover.com/ for many years and they're great. Mostly because the prices aren't too bad, the dashboard makes sense, and they never contact me.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by Aeolun »

CydeWeys wrote: post #263
tedmiston wrote: post #137

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I doubt they'll buy .local. https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/14802/if-someon... But generally speaking a subdomain on a domain you really own seems like a better idea. https://serverfault.com/questions/17255/top-level-domain-dom...

I guarantee you that ICANN will never allocate .local because the risk of collision is too high. They've already made that determination for .corp, .mail, and .home: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2...

.home is used more than .dev? I find that hard to believe.

I’ve literally never ever seen any .home until now.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by longhorn_alum »

CydeWeys wrote: post #254
willmadden wrote: post #195

Alphabet has too much cash. They have a well established track record of enthusiastically backing exciting new projects way outside of their core competency just to dump them like hot garbage several years later. They also compete in random new industries each time this happens. It doesn't seem like a smart move to lease a domain from a politically active mega-monopoly that might decide to randomly become your compet…

Hi. I'm the Tech Lead of Google Registry, the team that is launching .dev (not to be confused with the linked Google Domains, which is one of many registrars selling .dev domains to end users). You'll be glad to know that TLDs can't simply be discontinued like other products might be. ICANN doesn't allow it. The procedures in place preventing a live TLD from shutting down are called EBERO; more details here: https://…

> Hi. I'm the Tech Lead of Google Registry, the team that is launching .dev

/remindme! 2 years

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by cozuya »

prepend wrote: post #357
ghobs91 wrote: post #259

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If I had to bet, the majority of .dev pages will be engineers posting their portfolio, not startups building developer tools.

Github.com/devname is way better than devname.dev

Can't agree with that. Taking a minimal amount of time and effort to host your own site on a TLD shows, at least, a moderate understanding of DNS and all that, much more than clicking things on Github Pages IMO.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by CydeWeys »

Aeolun wrote: post #404
CydeWeys wrote: post #263

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guarantee you that ICANN will never allocate .local because the risk of collision is too high. They've already made that determination for .corp, .mail, and .home: https://www.icann.org/resources/board-material/resolutions-2...

.home is used more than .dev? I find that hard to believe. I’ve literally never ever seen any .home until now.

It's commonly used by routers.

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by Roverlord »

I've had .dev domains for years. (Internally with Apache, virtual hosts IIRC?)

It seemed like the obvious choice of suffix for my localhost experiments, and I can't be the only person using it (e.g. https://headsigned.com/posts/setting-up-local-development-do...), will this new TLD break that?

I suppose I can always edit my hosts file but if I didn't know a new TLD was dropping would it screw me silently?

Re: Google .dev domain early access

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Post by CydeWeys »

shard972 wrote: post #398
CydeWeys wrote: post #254

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi. I'm the Tech Lead of Google Registry, the team that is launching .dev (not to be confused with the linked Google Domains, which is one of many registrars selling .dev domains to end users). You'll be glad to know that TLDs can't simply be discontinued like other products might be. ICANN doesn't allow it. The procedures in place preventing a live TLD from shutting down are called EBERO; more details here: https://…

> You'll be glad to know that TLDs can't simply be discontinued like other products might be. ICANN doesn't allow it Except if your website was the daily stormer.

Daily Stormer never had a TLD. (And no, ICANN never will delegate .nazi)
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