#Verpasstodon

Zukunft vieler Domains ungewiss: Was der Ausstieg von Freenom zur Folge hat

Freenom zieht sich zurück. Der Schritt ist Folge eines Rechtsstreits mit Meta, in dem es um Cybergaunereien ging. Die Zukunft vieler Domains ist ungewiss.

https://www.heise.de/news/Zukunft-vieler-Domains-ungewiss-Was-der-Ausstieg-von-Freenom-zur-Folge-hat-9627218.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#Domain #Freenom #ICANN #OpenTLD

Dunno what's going on with #Freenom / #OpenTLD, but their recent slow collapse has a real "one guy was in charge of everything and he got hit by a bus" vibe to it.

First the .cf/.ga/.gq/.ml/.tk nameservers started intermittently dropping queries from eyeball networks (eg 7922). Then renewal notifications didn't go out. Now they suspended the ability to register or renew a domain at all, and the .ga DNS roots are wonky again.

Even as free throwaway domains they've lost their utility. Ah, well.