BarterClub@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comimagemessage-square460fedilinkarrow-up1782arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1767arrow-down1imageWelp that answers a lot of why all .ml are downi.imgur.comBarterClub@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square460fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresteltek@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoTLD - 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.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHow 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.
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.
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.