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[Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net>]

These servers and TLDs are still active:

NS2: dyn, geek, gopher, indy, libre, oss, parody, pirate
NS4: furnic
NS6: bbs
NS8: furnic
and probably NS10 (.null, .oz).


On 1/29/26 10:30, jonah AT triplebit.net wrote:
> What TLDs and operators would remain in this case?
>
> Jonah
>
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> On Thursday, January 29th, 2026 at 11:27 AM, Jeff Taylor 
> <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:
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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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