[geeks] Looking for subdomain?

[Grant Taylor]

On 7/22/21 3:17 PM, Mouse wrote:
> They are.  The latter is closer to what I want.  I am already running
> all relevant services (such as DNS and mail) myself; the only thing I
> was looking for is domain registration without requiring me to jump
> through Web hoops - or, if there's anyone suitable and willing, a
> subdomain delegated to me.

I'm not aware of any domain registrar that offers something other than a
web portal to do things like renewal, delegation to your name servers,
confirm whois information, and the likes.  There may be a registrar that
is willing to do this over phone and / or email and / or (certified)
physical mail.  But I suspect finding them /without/ using the web /
visiting web pages is nigh impossible.

You /might/ be able to get someone to be an agent and do the web work on
your behalf.  Though that may be fraught with complications avoiding web.

> However, it's more like, needing to avoid, not just wanting to - though
> I suppose the line between need and want is a bit fuzzy.

I'm curious what the need is.  But it doesn't matter.

I can definitely think of examples where the contemporary web could be
extremely difficult, nigh impossible, to navigate if trying to do so
with assistive technologies like screen readers / Braille output devices
/ etc.  Something that is quite incompatible with contemporary web would
be tantamount to actual /need/.  --  I have no idea if that's the case
for you, nor am I implying, much less passing any judgement.  Your
reasons are your own.

> In particular, I neither have nor want HTTPS support, which makes
> most Web interfaces unusable - even if I considered them suitable
> for the task, which I don't.

Are you referring to the client aspect?  As in you do not have a web
browser (et al.) that supports HTTPS?  --  I ask as I'm trying to
understand your situation to see if I can come up with anything that
might help.

> Since I wrote the first email, it looks as though all the obstacles I'm
> currently aware of have been cleared, so I now expect I'll end up
> keeping rodents-montreal.org.

That sounds promising.

> I'm not entirely clear.
>
> Company DEF (to reuse my previous mail's blinding of the exact
> companies involved) says that, as of August 3rd, they will no longer be
> willing to function as registrar (reseller) for my domain.  I do not
> know what would happen to it if I didn't move it away before that; I
> suspect it would be released, or go into some kind of "deletion rescue"
> hold, or some such.

I'm not sure.  But I expect that the domain would still exist up until
it actually expires.  Regaining access to it may be more problematic.

> The registration had roughly a year to run before the transfer.  My
> understanding is that company GHI will extend the registration by one
> year as part of doing the transfer.  So, depending on how you measure,
> there should be roughly either one or two years to go.

Yes, transfers typically add one (or more) year(s) to the existing
registration period.

> Because I do not like registrar privacy.  I think it should not exist;
> I believe that holding a slice of the domain name space should be like
> owning land: inherent in that should be identifiability and
> contactability.  I am not willing to stay under such an umbrella.

The thing that's confusing me is that I'm not aware of any registrar
/forcing/ you to use privacy features.

The registrar that I use, Dynadot, offers privacy services and may even
enable them by default.  But I have them disabled on my domains.  --  I
don't recall if they were off by default and have not opted in or if I
had to go in and disable them.

I bring this up, because I think that disabling the optional privacy
would align with what I understand your desires to be.

> They would help in some respects, but I don't consider them
> substitutes.

Agreed.  RWHOIS and SWIP have more to do with IPs and sub-domains than
2nd level domains, or 3rd level domains under multi-level ""top level
domains.

I personally have been looking for RWHOIS / SWIP support for my domains
for a while now.  Sadly, the providers that I've been using don't
support them (yet).

Aside:  If you do need someone to act as an agent, feel free to email me
and I'll see if I can help.

I don't currently have a domain that I offer sub-domains from or I would
have suggested that.  --  I do think that afraid.org et al. has multiple
domains that they do offer sub-domains therefrom.  However all of my
interactions with them have been done over the web.



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Grant. . . .
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