5 points | by p4bl0 3 hours ago ago
3 comments
Thanks especially to Neil Fraser for coordinating many people's efforts, we successfully had VeriSign backing down on their stupidly dangerous decision to terminate all third-level .name domains, including existing ones.
Surprisingly few comments and upvotes to this somewhat surprising resolution, considering the number of stories and comments about this in the past:
Verisign .com Domain Name Registry Consumer Class Action - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50148441> October 2026 (115 points)
Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089577> October 2026 (166 points)
Verisign to delete .name 3LDs and email addresses - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125694> May 2026 (5 points)
Thanks especially to Neil Fraser for coordinating many people's efforts, we successfully had VeriSign backing down on their stupidly dangerous decision to terminate all third-level .name domains, including existing ones.
Surprisingly few comments and upvotes to this somewhat surprising resolution, considering the number of stories and comments about this in the past:
Verisign .com Domain Name Registry Consumer Class Action - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50148441> October 2026 (115 points)
Tell HN: Remember to migrate away from .name domain - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089577> October 2026 (166 points)
Verisign to delete .name 3LDs and email addresses - <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125694> May 2026 (5 points)