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Route53 is Gandi under the covers

• halfmatthalfcat 4y ago
  No way, source? Kind of amazing if true.
  • Traubenfuchs 4y ago
    https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement... > AWS currently provides Domain Name Registration Services through Gandi SAS , Mesh Digital Limited, Amazon Registrar, Inc., and other ICANN-accredited registrars
    • ajb 4y ago
      I expect they use the in-house one for the largest fraction of revenue and the rest for obscure ones they can't be bothered with.
• andrelaszlo 4y ago
  That's surprising. It seems like it's only partially true: > AWS provides the Domain Name Registration Services through ICANN-accredited registrars. AWS currently provides Domain Name Registration Services through Gandi SAS , Mesh Digital Limited, Amazon Registrar, Inc., and other ICANN-accredited registrars (the “Registrar”), and your use of the Domain Name Registration Services is subject to their terms. You can identify the Registrar of record for any Registered Name by performing a WHOIS query here . AWS reserves the right to use any ICANN-accredited registrar as the Registrar. https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement...
  • sleepyhead 4y ago
    Yes, only for domain registration. AWS handles DNS.
• etc-hosts 4y ago
  This is like saying my car is Venezuelan because it can accept gas from a Valero gas station.
• slyall 4y ago
  Route53 registration doesn't seem to get a lot of resources at AWS. They can take years to add new TLDs (I've been waiting for 5+ years for them to do .nz properly). Checkout the support forum. Lots of: * Someone asks for a new TLD * Quick reply saying request forwarded to team * a year passes * Another person asks when that TLD will become available. Probably okay for the basic stuff though.