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Hello,

Jonah still did not respond on IRC and no e-mails sent by Jonah about .o domains. I'm still interested to host .o TLD, however, I have some questions.

On OpenNIC, there is a T1 setup guide. How accurate and up-to-date this information? I have a BIND server, waiting for setup but I want to be sure about what I'm going to setup and well integrate to OpenNIC.

On February 16, 2026 3:06:42 AM GMT+03:00, Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> wrote:

I wanted to update our findings between the mailing list here and some discussions on IRC.

.o still has a lot of interest, so if Jonah doesn't respond then we will consider transferring it to a new home.

.chan is still alive, the admin is working on some issues but is still with the project.

.null/.oz are still alive, sort of, but I don't think I've seen a response from the admin?

That leaves .cyb, .epic, and .neo unaccounted for.  We have two options here.  If there is zero interest in these domains, we can take individual votes to remove them.  If anyone is interested, we can discuss transferring admin control.  I think this subject deserves a new thread, so I'll start one to get the ball rolling on that.


On 1/29/26 10:27, Jeff Taylor wrote:

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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