I actually cannot believe what I heard my uni tutor said earlier.
He was talking about how and where to cite sources, which is important, but then started talking about gTLDs.
His education on the topic began by talking about how .com is probably trying to sell you something, which isn’t entirely true, but it’sa fair thing to say. Anyway, then he went onto talk about .org and I think .asn(which as far as I am aware doesn’t exist but alright)
then he said the thing:
you can get you information from .org as they are trustworthy
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no thats not how that works
I have just recently done this, so it’squite fresh in my mind.
If you want to register a new domain name you need have:
there are a few exceptions to this
I want to focus in on the last point on that requirements list, As this is what most people dont understand.
When I want to register domain, I go to my registrar of choice(Currently
Neat, I have a domain now I’m going to put website there and do a bunch of fun stuff.
But wait, if you go back to just after or just before you paid, you’ll probably see something like “Identity Protection” this unsurprisingly protects your identity. But hangon, why do I need to do that?
One of the main requirements that domain names had back in the 80’s and 90’s was displaying the details of the domain, this is called the WHOIS Protocol.
This data is public.
Anyone can view this through
$ whois dynamitegus.org13 collapsed lines
Domain Name: dynamitegus.orgRegistry Domain ID: 5d90c122b4864f9fa38d02bcbfb0427f-LRORRegistrar WHOIS Server: whois.squarespace.domainsRegistrar URL: https://domains.squarespace.comUpdated Date: 2024-06-11T06:23:26ZCreation Date: 2022-06-21T03:51:28ZRegistry Expiry Date: 2025-06-21T03:51:28ZRegistrar: Squarespace Domains II LLCRegistrar IANA ID: 895Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse-complaints@squarespace.comRegistrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6466935324Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibitedDomain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibitedRegistry Registrant ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Organization:Registrant Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant State/Province: VICRegistrant Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Country: AURegistrant Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYRegistrant Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.Registry Admin ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACY36 collapsed lines
Admin Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYAdmin Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.Registry Tech ID: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Name: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Organization: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Street: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech City: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech State/Province: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Postal Code: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Country: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Phone: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Phone Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Fax: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Fax Ext: REDACTED FOR PRIVACYTech Email: Please query the RDDS service of the Registrar of Record identified in this output for information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.Name Server: ns-cloud-d4.googledomains.comName Server: ns-cloud-d1.googledomains.comName Server: ns-cloud-d3.googledomains.comName Server: ns-cloud-d2.googledomains.comDNSSEC: signedDelegationURL of the ICANN Whois Inaccuracy Complaint Form: https://www.icann.org/wicf/>>> Last update of WHOIS database: 2025-03-21T10:59:15Z <<<
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Terms of Use: Access to Public Interest Registry WHOIS information is provided to assist persons in determining the contents of a domain name registration record in the Public Interest Registry registry database. The data in this record is provided by Public Interest Registry for informational purposes only, and Public Interest Registry does not guarantee it\'saccuracy. This service is intended only for query-based access. You agree that you will use this data only for lawful purposes and that, under no circumstances will you use this data to (a) allow, enable, or otherwise support the transmission by e-mail, telephone, or facsimile of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations to entities other than the data recipient's own existing customers; or (b) enable high volume, automated, electronic processes that send queries or data to the systems of Registry Operator, a Registrar, or Identity Digital except as reasonably necessary to register domain names or modify existing registrations. All rights reserved. Public Interest Registry reserves the right to modify these terms at any time. By submitting this query, you agree to abide by this policy. The Registrar of Record identified in this output may have an RDDS service that can be queried for additional information on how to contact the Registrant, Admin, or Tech contact of the queried domain name.I’m not gonna make you dicipher that, but all you need to take note of is the constant REDACTED FOR PRIVACY particualarly for the name and address. In this case Squarespace is redacting my name for privacy reasons, which you can do on .org.
This is all I needed to submit to register a .org. There was no special certification, there was no are you who you say you are, nothing.
This domain costs me $20AUD a year and I can put what ever website and I registered it a few years ago on Google Domains.
A few examples of other .org websites:
The origins of this myth was based in truth, in 1985 .org was “intended as the miscellaneous TLD for organizations that didn’t fit anywhere else” and required some form of verification, but in 2009 the administrator for .org announced .that .org would be the first open gTLD.
That was 16 years ago and this myth is still around.
Funnily enough .au requires that the registrant have their full name publicly and their email address behind a captcha on the auDA website, so in theory it’smore trustworthy. But wait why do I know that…
dynamitegus.au and dynamitegus.online for a year
I know it’san open gTLD now, but I dont feel comfortable being on a .org when I’m not an organisation and I’m just a goob. So hopefully over the next couple of months I’m going to move to dynamitegus.au
When I looking for a new domain I realise that .au required public details of the registrant, this concerned me and I then dug through four registrar FAQ and support pages to find that the fourth registrar was the only one to say that it was only the full name and the email and the email is only on the .au whois website. and that was the one thing that earned them my purchase. When I signed not only did I get a 50% off discount but I also got dynamitegus.online for free and by defualt dynamitegus.online was set to not autorenew. It;s the little things that make a customer want to stay with you for life and I’m very happy with where I ended up.’ If your website currently does not have a domain and you need a new one, I recommend VentraIP
Thanks for reading this very long blog post, I’m now gonna gonna quickly fix some typos and push this to github, then I might go to bed,