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Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by dan15 »

MallocVoidstar wrote: post #26
kamil3141 wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Is there something inherently bad about free domains? I’m aware that they were used for scams and eventually some websites (like facebook) just blacklisted them but other TLD could be too.

I've never used Freenom because I've repeatedly seen warnings (for years) that if your 'free' domain starts getting noticeable traffic they will suddenly decide you need to pay them for it and shut down DNS resolution until you do.

Yeah, that's pretty common. If you get a large amount of traffic, they take the domain from you and try to sell it back to you as as "premium" domain at a hugely inflated price.

You don't have any rights to free domains. Freenom are the 'official' owner of the domain and can do whatever they want with it.

Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by aequitas »

ragebol wrote: post #44
aequitas wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember them standing at a hacker event where you would get a free “tosti” (ham and cheese sandwich) with every (also free) registered .tk domain. They had a booth to register domains on the spot. Edit: actually it was the other way around. A free .tk domain with a free tosti https://www.flickr.com/photos/macfriendly/3834697501/in/pool...

Would this event be in the Netherlands? A tosti is Dutch for what's called a croque monsieur basically anywhere else.

Yes, HAR2009.

Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by trarmp »

ragebol wrote: post #44
aequitas wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember them standing at a hacker event where you would get a free “tosti” (ham and cheese sandwich) with every (also free) registered .tk domain. They had a booth to register domains on the spot. Edit: actually it was the other way around. A free .tk domain with a free tosti https://www.flickr.com/photos/macfriendly/3834697501/in/pool...

Would this event be in the Netherlands? A tosti is Dutch for what's called a croque monsieur basically anywhere else.

> tosti is Dutch for what's called a croque monsieur

Just to be a bit pedantic here, but a tosti is probably a lot simpler. It’s a grilled cheese (technically a melt) sandwich, pressed in a (sometimes specialized) tosti-grill.

A croque monsieur typically also has ham, bechamel, and is prepared in a pan.

Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by notpushkin »

dan15 wrote: post #49
notpushkin wrote: post #47

I think the biggest Freenom domain I've seen lately is https://mastodon.ml/ , a big Russian-speaking Mastodon instance. I'm not sure though if they still use Freenom for the registration – I'll go ping the admin.

Freenom own the TLD so you don't really have a choice. Every other registrar that offers the TLD is just going via Freenom anyways, and any major issues that affect Freenom will affect the entire TLD.

If Freenom the registry starts having problems then yeah. Right now it's only Freenom the registrar I think (they're required to operate as separate entities I believe, although that might not help given the level they're integrated into each other).

Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by cafeinux »

trarmp wrote: post #54
ragebol wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would this event be in the Netherlands? A tosti is Dutch for what's called a croque monsieur basically anywhere else.

> tosti is Dutch for what's called a croque monsieur Just to be a bit pedantic here, but a tosti is probably a lot simpler. It’s a grilled cheese (technically a melt) sandwich, pressed in a (sometimes specialized) tosti-grill. A croque monsieur typically also has ham, bechamel, and is prepared in a pan.

Just to be a bit more pedantic, I don't think we eat the same croque monsieurs. What you described as a tosti is known to me as a croque monsieur (but with ham), and what you described as a croque monsieur is known to me as a wonderful idea I have never heard of before.

Re: Tell HN: Freenom (the operator of .tk, .ml, .ga, .cf, .gq TLDs) is falling apart

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Post by dangravell »

So it's now twelve days later and DNS problems appear to be ongoing. There's a Reddit thread here: https://www.reddit.com/r/freenom/comments/109nr4z/is_freenom...

I can log into the client area and submit a ticket, but no reply as expected (I noticed the previous owner of the service I operate had to wait half a month for a reply a previous time this happened).

I have emailed the Gabon authorities (my interest is in a .ga domain) but don't really expect a reply.

Anyone know a way where I can decisively show this is a Freenom problem? If I do a dig +trace it works for me, but might that depend on the DNS server I'm sending the request through?

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