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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 21:01:19 -0400

Well, I tried to log in to my OpenNIC account to register a domain but
it's having issues. Busy this weekend so will mess with it later.
They're cheap to get started with at least.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 8:32 PM, <vv AT cgs.pw> wrote:
> I'd be interested in knowing if that actually works.
> I wasn't able to find any place that would do
> non-ICANN domains.
>
> ~ Ole
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 20:12:02 -0400
> Christopher <weblionx AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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