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Re: [opennic-discuss] Hosting company which allows OpenNIC domains (specifically .o)?


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  • From: Christopher <weblionx AT gmail.com>
  • To: discuss AT lists.opennicproject.org
  • Subject: Re: [opennic-discuss] Hosting company which allows OpenNIC domains (specifically .o)?
  • Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:12:02 -0400

I tested out adding a .geek domain to NearlyFreeSpeech.net and it
seemed to work fine. I don't have any registered so I can't actually
test right now. Would just cname to the internal name they give you.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Jonah Aragon <jonaharagon AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Perhaps you could consider buying a VPS and doing it yourself? It isn't that
> much more expensive than a hosting plan and it provides a lot more in terms
> of flexibility and reliability. As low as $5/mo at DigitalOcean.
>
> I was thinking of providing hosting services for .o users but I don't have
> anything setup yet, or else I'd suggest that, ah well.
>
> You're not going to be able to use Let's Encrypt with OpenNIC domains, they
> don't support our namespace.
>
> Jonah
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 6:57 PM Zac <opennicproject AT dearzac.com> wrote:
>>
>> I tried to get DreamHost to manually add my .o domain, but in January
>> they said they won't. (I've been too busy to investigate further until
>> now)
>>
>> Does anyone know a hosting company that will let you use OpenNIC domains?
>>
>> Bonus if they allow/facilitate Let's Encrypt SSL certs.
>>
>> My conversation with DreamHost:
>>
>> > > I apologize for the delayed response. I've been informed that we
>> will not
>> > > > support the .O tld at this time. However we might offer support
>> for this
>> > > > TLD in the future. If you still have any other questions let us
>> know and
>> > > > we will be happy to address them for you.
>> > >
>> > > Does "not support" mean you won't add .o as a valid TLD in the
>> > > DreamHost Web Panel, or does it also mean you won't manually add
>> > > my domain to my account?
>> >
>> > I'm happy to assist you again. Unfortunately we won't allow the .O tld
>> to
>> > be used at all in your account at this time. The .O tld is not a normal
>> > tld like .com or .net. We might allow it to be added in the future. If
>> > you still have any other questions let us know and we will address them
>> > for you.
>>
>>
>>
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