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Cloudflare is a stable domain registrar and among the cheapest. However, one major disadvantage is that domains registered at Cloudflare must be assigned Cloudflare DNS. Using Cloudflare DNS is not always desirable, so if you absolutely need to switch a domain to a different set of name servers, you must transfer the domain to a […]
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The TLD Counter
I built a tiny website and API service that simple returns the number of active top-level domains (TLDs) in the IANA Root Zone Database. The project is just called The TLD Counter and is available at https://tlds.bornoe.net/ A short recap of what a TLD is. A TLD is the last segment of a domain name, […]
A dangling CNAME record refers to a configuration where a CNAME points to a domain or subdomain that no longer exists or is no longer under the control of the intended owner. This seemingly harmless oversight can introduce significant security risks, potentially leading to various vulnerabilities. The utilization of third-party hosting services has gained significant […]
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What is a brand TLD?
A Brand TLD, also referred to as a “dot brand” or “corporate TLD,” is a top-level domain (e.g., .MyBrand) that is exclusively reserved for use by a particular brand or organization. Unlike traditional top-level domains such as .com, .net, and .org, which are open to anyone for registration, Brand TLDs are reserved exclusively for the brand owner and […]
NameSilo (affiliate link) is a US-based ICANN-accredited domain registrar founded in 2009 and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. After reading several positive reviews and comments, I decided to try them out. They went straight to my preferred list of domain registrars, and I have been a customer for over five years. Overall, I have been quite satisfied […]
Assuring you hold the legal rights to your domains is important so you can maintain control over your online presence and brand. Today domains are vital assets for most businesses and are used as a main communication channel with customers and suppliers through the Web and e-mail. This requires that you consider domains as important […]
All Cloudflare plans, also the free plan, includes a number of Page Rules. Page Rules work at the Cloudflare reverse proxy level and are used to customize settings and behavior of an entire domain, individual subdomains, or even specific paths of a domain (e.g., example.org/some/path/). Page Rules are powerful yet simple to set up and […]
The Cloudflare authoritative DNS product is a great DNS solution running on one of the world’s fastest infrastructures with high availability. The good part is that they offer a free tier that will suit the needs of most personal and business domains. If you are managing several domains and often need to add G Suite […]
Recently my web hosting provider BuyShared (also known as BuyVM and Frantech) started using the SMTP provider MailChannels for outgoing e-mails. This is a neat feature that increases mail deliverability. Before switching to MailChannels, BuyShared routed outgoing mail through a local SMTP server. Due to more advanced and strict spam filters and policies by most […]