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Yes you can, that's the entire point of the domain name system. Regardless, the point of this system isn't to alias your URLs, it's to alias others' URLs you w
by colanderman 11y ago
Yes you can, that's the entire point of the domain name system.
Regardless, the point of this system isn't to alias your URLs, it's to alias others' URLs you want to link to. Sort-of like an archive.org that doesn't host content.
- jeffbr13 11y agoNo you can't, unless you're a registry or can convince one to lease you a domain-name for an unlimited amount of time. In practice you rent a domain name annually, and they get put back in the rental pool not long after the renter stops renewing their lease. Domain-names pointing to content are redistributed all the time when companies go bust or webmasters forget to renew.
- Twisell 11y agoIf the webmaster forget to renew how exactly do you think a permanent link pointing to the dead website might help? It's up to webmasters to enforce consistent permalink in their website, no one else can do it better, end of story. Web archive will be of great historical value for futur researchers, but backward compatibility of any service or software rely on developers, not a third party.