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And yet to my knowledge this has never happened before.

by markdown 5y ago

sofixa 5y ago
Didn't .io ( which is a crime against humanity to boot) go down for a few hours a few years ago?
- markdown 5y ago
  No idea. I was referring to .fj
- poopsmithe 5y ago
  Why do you say .io is a crime against humanity?
  - kergonath 5y ago
    .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is associated with the forced displacement of the Chagos islander people to make room for the Diego Garcia military base, amongst others. The British unilaterally decided to detach the Chagos archipelago from Mauritius before it got independent, which the deported people say (not without reason) is a crime against their human rights.
    - andylynch 5y ago
      To back that up - the Chagosian claim is backed by the UK and rulings at the International Court of Justice. The UN supports Mauritius' claim to the territory.
  - pxeger1 5y ago
    Even besides the literal crimes against humanity, the .io domain really doesn't need to exist - what with the British Indian Ocean Territory having no permanent population and really not being a country at all.
    - Symbiote 5y ago
      "Being a country" isn't the criteria for the ISO code or domain. Consider AQ, TW, GG, SJ, EH, HK and many others.
      - blowski 5y ago
        TW is a controversial inclusion in your list.
        Symbiote 5y ago
        Several of them are controversial to someone. AQ is controversial to countries who want to exploit Antarctica's natural resources. TW is controversial to China. GG is controversial where it's used for tax evasion etc. EH to Morocco, HK to the UK/China.
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- trashcan 5y ago
  Yes. https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-production-traffic-b6aa17eeac20 https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc... Also there were some comments from the owner at the time that I thought were pretty unprofessional about it, too.
kube-system 5y ago
Maybe not, but it is predicable that the quality and quantity of resources and governance available to a registry has an impact on their operations.
yosamino 5y ago
I vividly remember .de being offline causing trouble for a couple of hours in 2010. https://www.theregister.com/2010/05/12/germany_top_level_domain_glitch/ https://www.theregister.com/2010/05/12/germany_top_level_dom...
- markdown 5y ago
  It's too late to edit my comment, but I was referring to .fj, not ccTLD's in general.

And yet to my knowledge this has never happened before.

sofixa 5y ago

Didn't .io ( which is a crime against humanity to boot) go down for a few hours a few years ago?

markdown 5y ago
No idea. I was referring to .fj
poopsmithe 5y ago
Why do you say .io is a crime against humanity?
- kergonath 5y ago
  .io is the TLD for the British Indian Ocean Territory, which is associated with the forced displacement of the Chagos islander people to make room for the Diego Garcia military base, amongst others. The British unilaterally decided to detach the Chagos archipelago from Mauritius before it got independent, which the deported people say (not without reason) is a crime against their human rights.
  - andylynch 5y ago
    To back that up - the Chagosian claim is backed by the UK and rulings at the International Court of Justice. The UN supports Mauritius' claim to the territory.
- pxeger1 5y ago
  Even besides the literal crimes against humanity, the .io domain really doesn't need to exist - what with the British Indian Ocean Territory having no permanent population and really not being a country at all.
  - Symbiote 5y ago
    "Being a country" isn't the criteria for the ISO code or domain. Consider AQ, TW, GG, SJ, EH, HK and many others.
    - blowski 5y ago
      TW is a controversial inclusion in your list.
      - Symbiote 5y ago
        Several of them are controversial to someone. AQ is controversial to countries who want to exploit Antarctica's natural resources. TW is controversial to China. GG is controversial where it's used for tax evasion etc. EH to Morocco, HK to the UK/China.
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trashcan 5y ago
Yes. https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-production-traffic-b6aa17eeac20 https://hackernoon.com/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-produc... Also there were some comments from the owner at the time that I thought were pretty unprofessional about it, too.

kube-system 5y ago

Maybe not, but it is predicable that the quality and quantity of resources and governance available to a registry has an impact on their operations.

yosamino 5y ago

I vividly remember .de being offline causing trouble for a couple of hours in 2010. https://www.theregister.com/2010/05/12/germany_top_level_domain_glitch/ https://www.theregister.com/2010/05/12/germany_top_level_dom...

markdown 5y ago
It's too late to edit my comment, but I was referring to .fj, not ccTLD's in general.