Domain name registration

[Andrew Hammond]

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Chris Friedt wrote:
> Are you doing your own hosting? or would you rather put it up on a
> remote server? 
> 
> You can register your domain virtually anywhere, and almost anywhere
> you'd have it managed by Verisign. They're one of the larger name
> service providers. 

Since verisign is the registry operator for .com, it's a sure thing that
at some level, they'll be "managing" it. However, since .com is still a
thin registry and operates in RRP, your whois data depends on your
registrar and you're vulnerable to slamming and all kinds of other
annoyances.

If you're not married to the .com suffix, then you might want to
consider .info. There are numerous technical advantages to the .info
registry. It uses EPP with authentication, centralized whois, fast
updates to zones, IDNs, and so on. You'd be supporting Afilias, a
company that employs about 60 people in Toronto (myself included),
supports TLUG (that's the Afilias projector Chris brings to most
meetings), and actively contributes to free software development (Slony
is a prominent example). Or you could throw in with Verisign.

In terms of registrars (the company that would register the name on your
behalf with the registry), I can't officially make any recommendations,
but I use godaddy.com personally.

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Andrew Hammond    416-673-4138    ahammond-swQf4SbcV9C7WVzo/KQ3Mw at public.gmane.org
Database Administrator, Afilias Canada Corp.
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