Registrar that supports self-run domains and provides DNSSEC support

[Vernon Schryver]

> From: Tony Finch <dot at dotat.at>

> > GoDaddy supports everything you're looking for.
>
> Though you might prefer to use a less repulsive provider.
> http://kottke.org/11/12/the-internets-go-daddy-issues

Those issues seem at most secondary to the objections some people have
to how GoDaddy has dealt with the Internet and GoDaddy customers.
https://www.google.com/search?q=nodaddy.com
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/12/godaddy_shuts_down_nodaddy/

My experience wrestling the domains of relatives from GoDaddy was
not as bad as some of the stories, but it took more time, effort,
and sophistication than some people would care or be able to muster.
GoDaddy also likes to "up sell" many "protection" and other services
whose value I don't understand.  During our wrestling match, GoDaddy
started sending warnings that some sort of "mailbox" service would
not start without the replacement of an expired credit card.  The
credit card had been previously used for automatic renewal of the
domains.  I did not knowingly ask for the "mailbox" service, but
maybe I clicked the wrong link on a web page.

About 8 years ago I got stupid spam from GoDaddy's QuickSizzle bulk
mail advertising service.  Network Solutions is the only other major
registrar that won an entry in my personal email blacklist.  Network
Solutions was more persistent about trying to send me unsolicited
advertising, but it was always for Network Solutions instead of
random Internet entrepreneurs like GoDaddy's QuickSizzle service.
Never mind the spam support charges; half a decade is long enough
to want to forget the less clear cut issues.
https://www.google.com/search?q=godaddy+quicksizzle

It was not hard to escape Network Solutions when I did it.  (I didn't
choose Network Solutions after SRI; I think that was the DoC.)

I cannot recommend the registrar reseller or the wholesaler that I've
used since NetSol to anyone who cares about IPv6 glue or DNSSEC.  They
couldn't handle my DS RRs in plain text mail (no MIME).  It wasn't
until I put the RRs on a private web page that they could cope.  I've
ducked IPv6 glue by using https://sns.isc.org/ for secondary DNS
services.  I'd recommend SNS at ISC, but you might think me insufficiently
disinterested.

There are registrars that people recommend generally and for IPv6
and DNSSEC, but I've not used them.  I could switch, but even when
the old registrar cooperates, switching costs some time and effort
and risks breakage.


Vernon Schryver    vjs at rhyolite.com