[ale] Domain Registrar

[Michael Trausch]

So, an update.

I have filed a support request to add glue for my .us domains. It was met
with, for the first time since I have been with them, an ignorant reply. The
reply was an intro to AAAA records and how to add them in their DNS tool.
Nevermind the fact that 10 seconds of looking would have shown that I don't
use their DNS management utility because I run my own servers. It is like
the person who answered didn't know what a glue record was.

I replied back, stating I needed glue and not a tutorial; I already know how
IPv6 works and what a valid address looks like. Their reply was that the .us
TLD does not allow IPv6 glue. This is blatantly incorrect, as of today there
are 35 IPv6 glue records in the .us TLD (source, HE's progress report page,
confirmed by looking at the .us TLD zone file directly) for 17 domains
(source, the .us TLD zone itself, confirmed with dig against the DNS
system).

I am pursuing the issue further, but what I have found in my investigation
as a result of all of this is at least two registrars (gkg.net and gandi.net)
which support IPv6 glue for the .us TLD.

You know, a recurring theme here is that there are many businesses that
don't actually know WTF they are doing.  Maybe what's needed is a way to
attempt to solve *that* problem...

I will follow-up with the result of my efforts here, if anyone is
interested.

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On Jan 21, 2011 11:22 PM, "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us> wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-01-21 at 22:41 -0500, David Tomaschik wrote:
>> I'm considering moving my domain to a new domain registrar. Currently
>> I'm with an eNom reseller paying ~$10/yr for .com. However, being an
>> eNom reseller, they don't support IPv6 nameserver glue (only thing
>> stopping me from getting my sage certification at HE) and they don't
>> support DNSSEC.
>>
>> I'm looking for a new registrar in the same kind of price range (i.e.,
>> preferably not netsol) that supports IPv6 glue, DNSSEC, doesn't
>> require
>> extra payments for domain locking (yes, I've seen registrars charge as
>> much as $10/yr just to switch on domain locking). Good customer
>> service
>> always a plus.
>
> I use GoDaddy. They support glue for .com, but not yet for .us (not
> sure why; I actually need to email them about that and see what's up
> with that).
>
> The thing stopping me from the Guru level cert is answering DNS on IPv6.
> I will be fixing that most likely this weekend. That depends on
> precisely when I finish the code for the project I am working on at the
> moment, however.
>
> --- Mike
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