In 2023 operations for the .GOV TLD transitioned from Verisign to Cloudflare

Verisign already controls huge portions of the internet (as a registry and certificate authority) and Cloudflafe controls much of the rest. Giving up .gov does very little to move the needle.

Re: In 2023 operations for the .GOV TLD transitioned from Verisign to Cloudflare

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Post by jmclnx » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:11 PM UTC

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Re: In 2023 operations for the .GOV TLD transitioned from Verisign to Cloudflare

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Post by stefan_ » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:11 PM UTC

Does this mean every GOV page will now have the "pretend security check" interstitial that litter just about every page now? How do you even describe it, it's like they are vandalising the internet.

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Post by supriyo-biswas » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:16 PM UTC

tiffanyh wrote: post #4

I can only imagine conspiracy theories flying around about government partnership with Cloudflare.

There doesn’t need to be any conspiracy theories when governments will often use their leveraged positions to get something from companies and punish them severely if they don't comply.

If I remember correctly, there was a certain LEA which approached an US ISP for an informal surveillance request, they refused, and the LEA retaliated by cancelling their contract. I’m failing to find it, so I’d be happy if someone can provide a source.

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Post by profmonocle » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:16 PM UTC

jmclnx wrote: post #6

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They've just taken over authorative DNS. The captchas come from their CDN product.

Re: In 2023 operations for the .GOV TLD transitioned from Verisign to Cloudflare

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Post by overstay8930 » Sat, Feb 10, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

It is shocking how few people understand how DNS works