If ICANN-approved root.zone and ICANN-approved registries are the only options.
As an experiment I created own registry, not shared with anyone. For many years I have run own root server, i.e., I serve own custom root.zone to all computers I own. I have a search experiment that uses a custom TLD that embeds a well-known classification system. The TLD portion of the domainname can catgorise any product or service on Earth.
ICANN TLDs are vague, ambiguous, sometimes even deceptive.
This sounds like a wonderful project, do you have any documentation of the process you wouldn't mind sharing? Would love to play around with something similar to what you did, almost like a mini-internet.
> The landlord is merciless if you miss a payment, you are out.
That’s a skill issue though.
I have a domain that i used to pre-pay for years in advance.
For my current main domain i had prepaid nine years in advance and it was paid up to 2028. A couple of years ago i topped it up and now it’s prepaid up to 2032.
It’s not much money (when I prepaid for 9 years i spent like 60€ or so) and you’re usually saving because you’re fixing the price so skipping price hikes, inflation etc.
Host the wrong content, you are out, get sued because of someone elses trademark on your domain, you are out, registrar actually dissolved or has weird stuff? out.
It's something of a technical limitation though: there's no reason all my devices - the consumers of my domain name - couldn't just accept that anything signed with some key is actually XorNot.com or whatever...but good luck keeping that configuration together.
You very reasonably could replace the whole system with just "lists of trusted keys to names" if the concept has enough popular technical support.
1vuio0pswjnm7|8 months ago
If ICANN-approved root.zone and ICANN-approved registries are the only options.
As an experiment I created own registry, not shared with anyone. For many years I have run own root server, i.e., I serve own custom root.zone to all computers I own. I have a search experiment that uses a custom TLD that embeds a well-known classification system. The TLD portion of the domainname can catgorise any product or service on Earth.
ICANN TLDs are vague, ambiguous, sometimes even deceptive.
iampims|8 months ago
coldfoundry|8 months ago
eximius|8 months ago
Any of your special domains will be ones your server claims as authoritative, so I don't understand why you need a root server?
quectophoton|8 months ago
znpy|8 months ago
That’s a skill issue though.
I have a domain that i used to pre-pay for years in advance.
For my current main domain i had prepaid nine years in advance and it was paid up to 2028. A couple of years ago i topped it up and now it’s prepaid up to 2032.
It’s not much money (when I prepaid for 9 years i spent like 60€ or so) and you’re usually saving because you’re fixing the price so skipping price hikes, inflation etc.
hobs|8 months ago
XorNot|8 months ago
You very reasonably could replace the whole system with just "lists of trusted keys to names" if the concept has enough popular technical support.