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What TLDs and operators would remain in this case?

Jonah


On Thursday, January 29th, 2026 at 11:27 AM, Jeff Taylor 
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> There is quite a mess in the Tier 1 servers currently, which I think
> needs to be addressed. ALL of the following servers are marked as
> offline due to no response or very limited response. The big question
> here is, if the owners don't respond and get their servers back online,
> should we consider dropping these TLDs?
> 
> NS3 (since Jan 2019) .neo -- neo
> This one is disabled, I assume they meant to come back? The last zone
> update was in 2017.
> 
> NS5 (offline since Apr 2024) -- verax
> No TLDs, this was just an extra T1 server in the Netherlands.
> 
> NS9 (since Apr 2025) .o -- jonaharagon
> NS11 (since Apr 2024) .o -- jonaharagon
> Last zone update was 2024 and there are ZERO domains listed. Waiting to
> see if he responds on IRC.
> 
> NS10 (since Dec 2025) .null and .oz -- mars
> Seems to be resolving all TLDs except their own. Both TLD zones was
> last updated in December and have an extensive list of domains. This one
> is probably still alive and just needs some admin intervention.
> 
> NS12 (since Jun 2020) .cyb -- sy, albino
> The last zone update was in 2019. There is a decent list of domains
> registered, but I don't know if anyone still uses them?
> 
> NS13 (since Oct 2023) .epic -- okashi_o
> I believe the last zone update for .epic was in 2020. Again, no idea if
> anyone is still using these domains.
> 
> NS14 (since Jun 2024) .chan -- OWNER UNKNOWN
> The last zone update for .chan was in 2019
> 
> So at the very least, we should have a discussion about removing or
> re-homing .neo, .cyb, .epic, and .chan. If there is still interest in
> these TLDs I can always add them to the registration server at be.libre
> or someone else can take over, but this would require all current domain
> owners to claim their domains so they could be re-registered from the
> new host.
> 
> In addition, we should have a vote about removing peering with
> NewNations (ti uu te ku rm ko) since they have been broken for several
> years now. Does anyone have any discussion about that before I start a
> new thread to being voting?
> 
> The same applies for peering Emercoin (bazar coin emc lib). I don't see
> that those domains are responding either, so I believe they should be
> removed. Again, is there any discussion about this peer before I start
> a vote?
> 
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