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Fascinating. The NameCheap CEO is in the replies, and seems to be saying that the registration was pulled at the registry level for some "perceived violation or

Fascinating. The NameCheap CEO is in the replies, and seems to be saying that the registration was pulled at the registry level for some "perceived violation or legal request" -- I'm kind of curious regarding what protocol is for these kinds of situations, and how much they vary from TLD to TLD. I think about the once-popular .ly TLD becoming less popular after instability hit Libya, but I'm curious about what the other case history is here.

dylz 7y ago
This was pulled at the registry level: Registrar: NIXI Special Projects Registrar IANA ID: 700066
- tzs 7y ago
  For the curious, NIXI is the "National Internet Exchange of India", a government non-profit in India. INRegistry, the organization responsible for the .in TLD, was created by NIXI and operates under them.
belorn 7y ago
I work at a registrar and as far I know there are no protocols. We are an intermediary between the registry and registrant (in those TLDs which have a registry/registrar/registrant model), but the business relations involved are a bit more complex. The registrar's job is mostly set to only handle the technical and billing aspect, while the legal relationship is between the registry and registrant. Who owns a domain and which registrar handled the billing and technical aspects is a legal decision which is outside the control of the registrar. The variation between TLD and TLD is massive. Practically all ccTLDs have their own home made rules and more often than not their own technical solutions to match. A big reason why the more exotic ccTLD's can cost a lot of money is the hoops that registrars need to jump through, both legal and technical, and the "workarounds" for both.
- walrus01 7y ago
  There are even ccTLDs like .af (afghanistan) where the root zonefile is edited by hand for every new domain, in this case by some persons at the "ministry of communications" in kabul.
balls187 7y ago
There are other threads that mention this, but his domain was transferred over to Law Enforcement.

dylz 7y ago

This was pulled at the registry level: Registrar: NIXI Special Projects Registrar IANA ID: 700066

tzs 7y ago
For the curious, NIXI is the "National Internet Exchange of India", a government non-profit in India. INRegistry, the organization responsible for the .in TLD, was created by NIXI and operates under them.

belorn 7y ago

I work at a registrar and as far I know there are no protocols. We are an intermediary between the registry and registrant (in those TLDs which have a registry/registrar/registrant model), but the business relations involved are a bit more complex. The registrar's job is mostly set to only handle the technical and billing aspect, while the legal relationship is between the registry and registrant. Who owns a domain and which registrar handled the billing and technical aspects is a legal decision which is outside the control of the registrar. The variation between TLD and TLD is massive. Practically all ccTLDs have their own home made rules and more often than not their own technical solutions to match. A big reason why the more exotic ccTLD's can cost a lot of money is the hoops that registrars need to jump through, both legal and technical, and the "workarounds" for both.

walrus01 7y ago
There are even ccTLDs like .af (afghanistan) where the root zonefile is edited by hand for every new domain, in this case by some persons at the "ministry of communications" in kabul.

balls187 7y ago

There are other threads that mention this, but his domain was transferred over to Law Enforcement.