Questions tagged [tld]
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Can I create a top level TLD? (.michael for instance)
It appears that ICANN is allowing the creation of top level domains. Instead of 'registering' a domain, you would essentially be signing up to be a registrar (you'd be giving out registrations on ...
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DNS just started resolving my server.prod addresses to 127.0.53.53
I have servers named like server.prod.example.com, and I regularly log into them as server.prod. Recently, these hostnames started resolving to 127.0.53.53.
It turns out that ICANN recently enabled ...
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Can you have an email address with only the top level domain as the domain part?
The question title pretty much contains the question by itself, but as an example:
Instead of having an address like [email protected](where example is the sub-domain of the TLD com) could you have ...
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If I own a domain do I own all of its sub domains?
If I own a domain do I own all of its sub domains?
For example if I purchase example.com, do I automatically own mail.example.com, blog.example.com, etc?
If I do not own the sub domains, can anyone ...
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List of top-level domains (TLDs) that require HTTPS connections, like .dev
I know the .dev top-level domain requires all sites to support only encrypted HTTPS connections, disallowing any HTTP connections.
Are there other such TLDs?
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How can I find the WHOIS server for any TLD? [closed]
I'm looking for a reliable and up-to-date list of WHOIS Servers to use in a whois script.
Since the list changes frequently, it'd be nice if there were a resource I could refer to rather than having ...
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How do you register a domain without a TLD?
So I found this website that is visitable and does not have a TLD? Anyone got any idea how to do this?
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Will I lose my .fr second-level domain once I am no longer a resident of Europe?
Hopefully this question is appropriate here.
The .fr TLD stands for France and is managed by AFNIC. In order to register for second-level domains under this TLD, one is required to be a resident of ...
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Verify that a name server is registered at a TLD registry
Let's say I own the domain name example.com. It is registered at registrar R. In my account at R, I registered the following name servers for the .TLD registry:
ns1.example.com --> 192.0.2.1
ns2....
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How to run own gTLD on my DNS server?
My organization shelled out for a gTLD, and we currently use 3rd party (Verisign) to host it on their DNS servers. However, there are 2 issues: we pay quite a bit for that yearly (that's the lesser ...
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Is it possible to change the postfix message-id?
Is it possible to change the message-id in postfix? If I send Mails over an Java-Application I get the following message-id:
message-id=<143303043.111334605578921.JavaMail.applicationanme@hostname&...
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How many domain levels are there? [closed]
.com,.us are TLD,top level domain, and co.uk are SLD,second level domain.
Are there "third level domain, fourth level domain" and so on?
How many different TLDs and SLDs are out there?
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We don't own our Custom TLD domain name and that is our local domain name
I currently started working for a company that has made a boneheaded mistake and I am looking for the least painful way to correct it.
Before I started, they named their local domain using a TLD ...
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No IPv6 & DNSSEC support on cc-TLD? (practical implications)
I'm needing to register some domains that have country code domain extensions, but noticed that those TLDs do not officially support (A) IPv6 or (B) DNSSEC... What limitations or pitfalls should I ...
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Is TLD .local not a local TLD anymore? [duplicate]
I used to use .local as TLD for small household networks however I got a popup that I wasn't allowed to use it anymore after a firmware upgrade of an Asus Router. I choose now for .lan as internal TLD....
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Root nameserver vs. top-level domain server
What's the difference between a root nameserver and a TLD (top level domain) server?
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Do I need an SSL certificate for a .DEV TLD on an MX record?
Do I need an SSL certificate for mail exchange (MX) for a .DEV TLD? Couldn't find this online so I'm asking here. I know that it enforces HTTPS and HSTS.
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DNS lookup performance penalty with exotic TLDs?
When tuning a web site/service for performance, is there a downside to using a less common top-level domain (e.g. 'nu', 'tv', 'io') for your hostnames? My concern is that if you're using a TLD ...
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Does it matter if the DNS server of a domain is on a different TLD?
Let's say I have the domain example.com using the name servers dns1.example.co.uk and dns2.example.co.uk. If I've understood it correctly, this means additional lookups since the .com doesn't contain ...
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Hosting your own domain name without third party involvement
Maybe this comes from my lack of understanding of how DNS fully works, but i want to host a domain on my own set of DNS servers.
That being said, i cannot seem to find a clear way to do this. From ...
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Getting a domain by setting up BIND and querying the 'big ones'?
I recently got my hands on an older version of O'Reilly's "DNS & BIND", specifically the Third Edition from September 1998.
In chapter 3 it says that you'll need to decide on a domain name and ...
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Point root domain to another TLD's subdomain (via DNS, not masking)
I've found some similar answers to this question but was hoping someone could clarify in case I'm misunderstanding. This is hosted on IIS 7 in ASP.NET
On my site, I have root and www domains going to ...
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Is there something different about the nameserver requirements for the .ORG TLD?
I am running Apache2 and Bind9 on my home web-server. I have a couple of domains registered and directing towards my server, including bjcullinan.com. I would like to create a website for an open-...
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What are the supported TLDs for AWS Certificate Manager?
Just trying to setup either a wildcard *.mydomain.nz or mydomain.nz, but resulting in Invalid public domain failed status.
Their learn more link doesn't hint at what TLDs are supported.
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Is it possible to serve a website on a TLD? [closed]
I have never seen a website hosted on a TLD (for example: http://com or http://ru)
Is this even possible?
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How to register a URL with 3 part naming?
My objective is to have a URL like - m.af.ia.
So, assuming I register a TLD web-site called m.af with Afghanistan (af) ... is there any way I can set up my server infrastructure so that the URL I ...
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What is the meaning of Dot after TLD?
Id like to create a CNAME-Entry in strato.de
This is the warning i have:
The meaning is "The Server name must end with a point after the top-level domain".
I used xxx.googlehosted.com. and it ...
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How to Block a Domainname with random TLDs in Postfix?
Can anyone please tell me how to reject all domains with a particular name, but regardless of the TLD? I want to block all mail coming from domains named bulksender, like bulksender.com, bulksender....
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How should I request that a TLD implement DNSSEC?
I want to put pressure on the .social TLD so they can implement DNSSec, however the company I purchased the domain name is simply a reseller (NameCheap).
I don't think that opening a ticket with ...
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How can I create a custom TLD (for an Intranet) on my Wi-Fi network with a Windows computer and Apache?
Can you please explain to me how I would do this, starting with the installation of Apache?
Are there multiple ways to do this? I would like the domain (eg http://intranet) available when you connect ...
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Routing Apache on internal network - no tld
I set up a web server on an internal network, running on CentOS 5.5 with the typical LAMP setup. When I'm in my browser and point it toward http://mailroom/ the webpage comes up no problem. However, ...
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How many DNS Servers must I have? [duplicate]
I am trying to build my own DNS. I have one server which I would like to use as DNS server.
Why, according to RFC2182 section 5 (https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2182#section-5) I must have TWO ...
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How Can I Prevent Windows Server 2016/AD Installation from Adding TLDs Like .local to My Domain Name?
In a few days I have to reinstall a Windows Server 2016 Essentials instance on new hardware and would like to avoid an annoyance that cropped up in the initial install a few months back. To make a ...
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Nginx domain matching for TLD wild card
I'd like to catch dev.*.sometld in NginX.
But NginX doesn't accept:
server_name dev.*.sometld;
And I don't want to do:
server_name dev.*;
How can I match exactly "dev.*.sometld"?
Thanks!
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Custom TLDs, shortened URLs and usage
I'm curious about a few things with regards to TLDs and their allowed/semantic usage. I'm in the wine business and I currently own a .com domain. However the main domain name is quite long; not really ...
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Valid List of Email TLDs
I have some users entering some email addresses into my system. I want to ensure that their email address is coming from a valid TLD. Based on the list found at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Setting up own NIC [closed]
Since ICANN approved .whatever domains, i would like to get my own .something domain and have people look up free domains on my .something tld and register .something with me. What would i need to ...
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Number of Periods in a Top Level Domain?
site.com is 1 period
site.co.uk is 2 periods
alpine.k12.ut.us is 3 periods?
Is k12.ut.us the TLD? Or is k12 the domain name? How many periods can a TLD have?
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Postfix : Only receive emails from specific tlds?
I've been searching everywhere and can only find how to block specific tlds.
I've set up a rejected_domains file that blocks tlds which I have to manually add as they appear in my inbox.
Basically, ...
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How Top Level Domain DNS server is aware of the IP address of the domain’s nameserver
I try to understand DNS recursion.
Assumed I have deployed a local DNS on my machine using bind.
I defined the zone file a A record for server1.example.com.
I also defined as NS record in the zone ...
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Forward www subdomain to domain with new top level domain?
How do I auto forward/turn/convert (whatever the correct term is) URLs entered as www.example.co, www.example.co/blah/blah, example.co OR example.co/blah/blah to example.com or example.com/blah/blah? ...
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Domain transfer to a provider that doesn't support .DK?
Is it possible to transfer a country code domain from one domain provider to another and that one transferred to does not sell that country code domain (in this case .DK)?
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Domain provider for all Country Code TLDs?
I find it very disturbing to buy some domains from one domain provider than when I have to buy a Country Code TLD that is not supported, I have to buy from another domain provider, and thus ending up ...
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graceful DNSSEC for private TLD
To use a third party service, I can use their DNS name to resolve their domain names. Unfortunately they use some bad practices like using their own made up TLD, which we'll call tld hereafter. In ...
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Detecting TLD for localization
I have many TLD's for my domain, for US users it's .COM, for German users it's .DE, etc. I redirect them all to the .COM domain using CNAME records. The reason is to prevent getting a penalty from ...
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TLD and subdomain
.com or .net is a Top Level Domain (TLD). Let's say I have example.com, example is a subdomain of .com. So if I'm buying example.com I actually buy subdomain example.
In other words the registrar ...
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Why my Windows DNS Server automatically add more TLD (.co.id) when i try to find domain using nslookup?
When i search a domain like google.com, nslookup automatically add more TLD (.co.id) to domain that i've looking for. How to fix it?
Screenshoot nslookup on my windows dns server
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What TLDs can be used with Azure?
I am a newbie in the Azure world but am planning to use the App service to upload a PHP demo app. However, I was reading in the documentation that I can buy certain supported domains inside Azure but,...
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How to redirect mysterious bad referral URLs with dual top level domains
Over the last six months I have been seeing thousands of hits against non-existant, bad URLs under my company's domain (.NET CMS site running on Windows 2012 R2).
For example, the correct friendly ...
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PostfixAdmin not accepting .int Top-Level Domain
I was requested to configure a new e-mail server and provide a Management WebUI for it (I selected PostfixAdmin), in a Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS.
We need to support e-mail addresses with the format ......
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