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> Does anyone know what might have caused Cloudflare to delete my domain? Any ideas for how I could transfer my domain away from Cloudflare sooner? I don't get

by gist 7y ago

> Does anyone know what might have caused Cloudflare to delete my domain? Any ideas for how I could transfer my domain away from Cloudflare sooner? I don't get the point of 'shoot first ask questions later' type approach. Obviously it would pay to get some kind of affirmative reply from Cloudflare prior to a post which everyone here with incomplete information speculates and wastes time on (like I am doing). Also Cloudflare did not 'delete my (the) domain. It deleted the dns records. There is a difference and no I am not being pedantic either. How would 'the internet' know why this was done there could be any number of good or bad reasons. Lastly the domain is not expired and as such the registrar is required (per ICANN) to supply an auth code so someone can transfer out. Or to allow the customer to change the primary and secondary dns to another dns provider. There is zero (legitimately) that allows cloudflare as either a dns provider or a registrar to lock the domain up pretty much (other than for a legal court order) just for some reason they might decide to do that.

iudqnolq 7y ago
OP here. > Also Cloudflare did not 'delete my (the) domain. It deleted the dns records. There is a difference and no I am not being pedantic either. Thanks. You're absolutely right. I meant delete their record of the domain as it shows up in the UI of their dashboard. > How would 'the internet' know why this was done there could be any number of good or bad reasons. For many reasons luckily HN isn't 'the internet'. I've already gotten some good suggestions. > Lastly the domain is not expired and as such the registrar is required (per ICANN) to supply an auth code so someone can transfer out. Or to allow the customer to change the primary and secondary dns to another dns provider. There is zero (legitimately) that allows cloudflare as either a dns provider or a registrar to lock the domain up pretty much (other than for a legal court order) just for some reason they might decide to do that. I know. Again, I guess I was insufficiently specific. Cloudflare has warned me to expect long wait times before I can talk to a customer support rep. My question was if there's a way to transfer out without needing to wait on a slow support loop.
johnklos 7y ago
> I don't get the point of 'shoot first ask questions later' type approach. At first I thought you were talking about Cloudflare shooting first, but apparently not.

by gist 7y ago

iudqnolq 7y ago

OP here. > Also Cloudflare did not 'delete my (the) domain. It deleted the dns records. There is a difference and no I am not being pedantic either. Thanks. You're absolutely right. I meant delete their record of the domain as it shows up in the UI of their dashboard. > How would 'the internet' know why this was done there could be any number of good or bad reasons. For many reasons luckily HN isn't 'the internet'. I've already gotten some good suggestions. > Lastly the domain is not expired and as such the registrar is required (per ICANN) to supply an auth code so someone can transfer out. Or to allow the customer to change the primary and secondary dns to another dns provider. There is zero (legitimately) that allows cloudflare as either a dns provider or a registrar to lock the domain up pretty much (other than for a legal court order) just for some reason they might decide to do that. I know. Again, I guess I was insufficiently specific. Cloudflare has warned me to expect long wait times before I can talk to a customer support rep. My question was if there's a way to transfer out without needing to wait on a slow support loop.

johnklos 7y ago

> I don't get the point of 'shoot first ask questions later' type approach. At first I thought you were talking about Cloudflare shooting first, but apparently not.