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[<vv AT cgs.pw>]

Gotcha. I guess I missed where the OP said shared
hosting. :(

~ Ole


On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 17:45:44 -0700
"Panesar, Amrit" <neo AT 4195tech.com> wrote:

> Most shared hosting is conditional based on the FQDNS of
> the resource.
> 
> Some back-end hosting panels (namely cPanel, among
> others) validates the existence of the domain using the
> server's own DNS resolvers
> 
> This makes it impossible to host OpenNIC domains on
> shared-hosting servers that don't explicitly allow (via
> whitelist or DNS) OpenNIC TLDs
> 
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:36 PM, <vv AT cgs.pw> wrote:
> 
> > Oh wait, my last comment was wrong! I was talking about
> > DNS but I see now that it was about hosting. As far
> > as using an OpenNIC domain on a host I seriously doubt
> > there's any that don't. They give you an IP and it's up
> > to you what you point at it.
> >
> > ~ Ole
> >
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 22 Jul 2017 00:13:35 +0000
> > Jonah Aragon <jonaharagon AT gmail.com> wrote:
> >  
> > > Hmm. Maybe we should make a wiki page of web hosts
> > > that allow OpenNIC domains, might be useful
> > > information to some.
> > >
> > > Jonah
> > >
> > > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 7:12 PM 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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