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What does everyone think about the trend of using .io for registries? I've always considered gTLDs to be safer than ccTLDs. Given the choice of something like
by donmcronald 6y ago
What does everyone think about the trend of using .io for registries? I've always considered gTLDs to be safer than ccTLDs.
Given the choice of something like llll.dev or llll.io for a private registry, would one be preferable?
- dindresto 6y agodraw.io switched away from io because of security concerns: https://www.diagrams.net/blog/move-diagrams-net https://www.diagrams.net/blog/move-diagrams-net
- jpxw 6y ago> The first is that the islands which should own the domain suffix, don’t, thanks to a wonderful piece of modern day British Imperialism. rolls eyes
- avolcano 6y agoI'm sad that you quoted that sentence without linking to the grim story that it referenced, which I hadn't heard before: https://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/the-dark-side-of-io-how-the-u-k-is-making-web-domain-profits-from-a-shady-cold-war-land-deal/ https://gigaom.com/2014/06/30/the-dark-side-of-io-how-the-u-...
- kcolford 6y agogTLDs are safer than ccTLDs, especially the ccTLDs that were sold off to a private company like .io was. The contracts that provide the ccTLDs are almost empty of any guarantees whereas the gTLDs have to adhere to strict requirements.
- oaiey 6y agoI guess that is ignoring US jurisdiction, right? I guess most gTLDs are owned in the US (or generally speaking, foreign) legal space. Going for your own (solid) ccTLD should be the safest for you.
- fomine3 6y agoBut if you want to provide a service for worldwide, you won't want to use ccTLD like .fr, .mx because it looks like domestic service.