Comment on Welp that answers a lot of why all .ml are down

• Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Anyone know how companies get the rights to domains to sell in the first place? Do they literally submit a list of all domains to ICANN or something? Sorry if this is a stupid question, I just never understood how any of this really works.

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  • steltek@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    TLD - Top Level Domain (.com .ml .whatever)

    Registrar - NameCheap, PorkBun, etc. Submits your domain.TLD request to a Registry

    Registry - Maintains the list of domains for a specific TLD and the server infrastructure to run the TLD

    ICANN - Decides who can be a Registry and for which TLD. Not involved in the nitty gritty of individual domain names.

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    • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How is that decision made? How hard would it be for a group of amateurs to make an rog and try to be a registry or registrar.

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      • hop@rabbitea.rs ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You should check out the OpenNic project, which is an organization that has already attempted what you're describing.

        https://www.opennic.org/

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  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    ICANN hands out top-level domains (TLDs - such as .com, .org and .ml), either to organisations or government agencies. They, in turn, hand out secondary domains to companies or regional organisations. For example, the TLD .jp belongs to the Japanese government and is operated by an agency called Japan Registry Services. In turn, it hand out the .tokyo.jp secondary domain to the Tokyo Metropolitan government. They, in turn, manage domains for various departments, wards, etc.

    But individuals and businesses in Tokyo can also use the .tokyo TLD, which is owned by a private company called GMO Internet Group. And of course anyone can use .com or .org, although you may have tp pay a pretty big fee.

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