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Any reccomended alternatives? I've used them because they seemed the most reputable in the murky world of domain name providers.

by roomey 3y ago

drcongo 3y ago
I quite like Porkbun and IWantMyName - both very much BS-free.
monkey_monkey 3y ago
Cloudflare (although they don't cover all the TLDs)
plantroon 3y ago
Wedos. I migrated my domains from namecheap due to their problematic setting of glue records for IPv6. I'd say Wedos is no-bs enough. I hope referral is not a problem on HN: https://www.wedos.com/?ap=Fy1vRJ https://www.wedos.com/?ap=Fy1vRJ
- hgsgm 3y ago
  > problematic setting of glue records for IPv6. What's this?
  - plantroon 3y ago
    Whenever I needed to change IPv6 glue records I had to contact support. And even after that, the webUI did not reflect the current configuration, so I couldn't even change IPv4 glue records after that. Other than that I was ok with namecheap.
shaunpud 3y ago
NameSilo
mdrzn 3y ago
PorkBun seems cheaper to me, and I haven't had an issue.
- unshavedyak 3y ago
  My last two purchases have been on PorkBun to avoid Gandi. However they don't offer `.la` domains, which i have one of. Still need to find somewhere to move my .la
  - yett 3y ago
    Looks like they do offer now I just checked and you can register a .la domain.
    - unshavedyak 3y ago
      Wow! I swear recently they did not, super thankful to your comment. Going to transfer mine later tonight. Thanks!
rendaw 3y ago
Quoting myself from the previous thread... my requirements are no 1. glaring technical issues, 2. u2f support. > Based on advice here I just tried Porkbun. A not-quite-professional website that prefers making jokes to fixing layout bugs, I try to sign up and the symbols in my password cause it to fail with a 403 (!!). I'm super scared about their technical abilities and general security. Are we going to see another Gandi 6 mo down the line? > Domains are the keys to the internet atm, it would be nice to see someone take it seriously. > > Edit: I guess I'll try realtimeregister, since I haven't seen anything negative and they support U2F per Yubikey's catalog. > > Edit2: Cool, cool, when you sign up they assign you a non-random password which anyone can use to log in and view your personal information. > > Edit3: Others with u2f support that aren't MAMAA: Cloudflare (close), OVH, DNSimple (accounts are $60/year) Cloudflare doesn't allow you to point the nameservers elsewhere which made migration painful. I went with DNSimple.
- fckthisguy 3y ago
  INWX AG are based in Switzerland and Germany, and offer MFA. (They call it "Mobile TAN" which is the phrase often used in german to describe SMS-based MFA but has slowly expanded to also describe U2F/Fido/etc.)
tomasff 3y ago
+1 for PorkBun
theshrike79 3y ago
I'm boring and I just moved my crap from Gandi to Route 53 ages ago. It's not the cheapest, but the pricing is stable and predictable, the tools are good and I can automate swapping subdomains if an IP changes trivially.
- huhtenberg 3y ago
  Just had a look at R53 and the price calculation page alone is enough to scare most people of :) Also their .io pricing is $70 vs $40 with most other registrars. Do I understand correctly that they have a recurrent charge for domain DNS records?
- aeyes 3y ago
  Just be aware that you can receive massive bills if you use Route 53 as DNS because you pay per query and there is no way to block bad requests. I have seen >1000$/month on a single domain.
- hfkwer 3y ago
  Are you aware that Route 53 uses Gandi under the hood...?! https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement...
  - theshrike79 3y ago
    ...I am now. Crap.
  - hgsgm 3y ago
    How far under the hood? Can gandi misbehavior permeate through the Amazon layer?
shafyy 3y ago
I've been using DNSimple for a decade or so and no complaints.
sandstrom 3y ago
- DNSSimple is good (for domains/DNS) - Fastmail and Protonmail are good options for email
jszymborski 3y ago
NameSilo always worked for me. Also 2fa

Any reccomended alternatives? I've used them because they seemed the most reputable in the murky world of domain name providers.

by roomey 3y ago

Any reccomended alternatives? I've used them because they seemed the most reputable in the murky world of domain name providers.

drcongo 3y ago

I quite like Porkbun and IWantMyName - both very much BS-free.

monkey_monkey 3y ago

Cloudflare (although they don't cover all the TLDs)

plantroon 3y ago

Wedos. I migrated my domains from namecheap due to their problematic setting of glue records for IPv6. I'd say Wedos is no-bs enough. I hope referral is not a problem on HN: https://www.wedos.com/?ap=Fy1vRJ https://www.wedos.com/?ap=Fy1vRJ

hgsgm 3y ago
> problematic setting of glue records for IPv6. What's this?
- plantroon 3y ago
  Whenever I needed to change IPv6 glue records I had to contact support. And even after that, the webUI did not reflect the current configuration, so I couldn't even change IPv4 glue records after that. Other than that I was ok with namecheap.

shaunpud 3y ago

NameSilo

mdrzn 3y ago

PorkBun seems cheaper to me, and I haven't had an issue.

unshavedyak 3y ago
My last two purchases have been on PorkBun to avoid Gandi. However they don't offer `.la` domains, which i have one of. Still need to find somewhere to move my .la
- yett 3y ago
  Looks like they do offer now I just checked and you can register a .la domain.
  - unshavedyak 3y ago
    Wow! I swear recently they did not, super thankful to your comment. Going to transfer mine later tonight. Thanks!

rendaw 3y ago

Quoting myself from the previous thread... my requirements are no 1. glaring technical issues, 2. u2f support. > Based on advice here I just tried Porkbun. A not-quite-professional website that prefers making jokes to fixing layout bugs, I try to sign up and the symbols in my password cause it to fail with a 403 (!!). I'm super scared about their technical abilities and general security. Are we going to see another Gandi 6 mo down the line? > Domains are the keys to the internet atm, it would be nice to see someone take it seriously. > > Edit: I guess I'll try realtimeregister, since I haven't seen anything negative and they support U2F per Yubikey's catalog. > > Edit2: Cool, cool, when you sign up they assign you a non-random password which anyone can use to log in and view your personal information. > > Edit3: Others with u2f support that aren't MAMAA: Cloudflare (close), OVH, DNSimple (accounts are $60/year) Cloudflare doesn't allow you to point the nameservers elsewhere which made migration painful. I went with DNSimple.

fckthisguy 3y ago
INWX AG are based in Switzerland and Germany, and offer MFA. (They call it "Mobile TAN" which is the phrase often used in german to describe SMS-based MFA but has slowly expanded to also describe U2F/Fido/etc.)

tomasff 3y ago

+1 for PorkBun

theshrike79 3y ago

I'm boring and I just moved my crap from Gandi to Route 53 ages ago. It's not the cheapest, but the pricing is stable and predictable, the tools are good and I can automate swapping subdomains if an IP changes trivially.

huhtenberg 3y ago
Just had a look at R53 and the price calculation page alone is enough to scare most people of :) Also their .io pricing is $70 vs $40 with most other registrars. Do I understand correctly that they have a recurrent charge for domain DNS records?
aeyes 3y ago
Just be aware that you can receive massive bills if you use Route 53 as DNS because you pay per query and there is no way to block bad requests. I have seen >1000$/month on a single domain.
hfkwer 3y ago
Are you aware that Route 53 uses Gandi under the hood...?! https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement/ https://aws.amazon.com/route53/domain-registration-agreement...
- theshrike79 3y ago
  ...I am now. Crap.
- hgsgm 3y ago
  How far under the hood? Can gandi misbehavior permeate through the Amazon layer?

shafyy 3y ago

I've been using DNSimple for a decade or so and no complaints.

sandstrom 3y ago

- DNSSimple is good (for domains/DNS) - Fastmail and Protonmail are good options for email

jszymborski 3y ago

NameSilo always worked for me. Also 2fa