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I don't have any domains at GoDaddy, but this has been a reminder that US-based registrars can be forced to pull domains by the DOJ (http://www.justice.gov/opa/
by robterrell 15y ago
I don't have any domains at GoDaddy, but this has been a reminder that US-based registrars can be forced to pull domains by the DOJ (http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/November/11-ag-1540.html http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/November/11-ag-1540.html) -- and the potential for that only gets worse under SOPA.
So I was thinking of switching all of my domains to a non-US registrar. I see lots of recommendations for NameCheap, but they appear to be US-based. Any recommendations for registrar (+ DNS) that aren't under the jurisdiction of the US DOJ?
- molo_ 15y agoGandi.net. Some people say their support is mediocre, but I haven't had to use it. Good luck. -molo
- warp 15y agoI have contacted gandi.net support several times. I usually receive a response within a day, and always had my issue resolved.
- deanpcmad 15y agoNameCheap are a UK company as well. They have 24/7 support :)
- cschmidt 15y agoeasyDNS is Canadian. EDIT: they have an interesting blog post on SOPA: http://blog.easydns.org/2011/12/22/how-sopa-will-destroy-the-internet/ http://blog.easydns.org/2011/12/22/how-sopa-will-destroy-the...
- pg 15y agoWe use easyDNS and they're great.
- guan 15y agoMany of the important registries (particularly .com) are also based in the US, so presumably they can also be forced to do the same, even if the registrar is Canadian. I have long wondered how far this jurisdiction goes. The DoJ could presumably not do much if they want to pull a domain name under a non-US ccTLD because in most cases neither the registry nor the registrar are US-based. But the root zone itself is based in the US, in the sense that US persons manage and control it. Just as they could pull bar.com if foo.bar.com hosts something they don't like, could they pull .uk or another ccTLD if they are targeting bar.co.uk?
- brendoncrawford 15y agohttp://gandi.net http://gandi.net is an excellent service. Support almost always responds within 24 hours.