tld

Python: Cannot uninstall ‘six’ while pip install tld

by

$ pip install tld Collecting tld Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/fa/78/dbeaeb20db795c42deb81271fd65a35c040ce2e946024eaeef5c6b184176/tld-0.9-py2.py3-none-any.whl Collecting six>=1.9 (from tld) Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/67/4b/141a581104b1f6397bfa78ac9d43d8ad29a7ca43ea90a2d863fe3056e86a/six-1.11.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl Installing collected packages: six, tld Found existing installation: six 1.4.1 Cannot uninstall ‘six’. It is a distutils installed project and thus we cannot accurately determine which files belong to it which would lead to only a partial uninstall. If … Read more

Will I lose my .fr second-level domain once I am no longer a resident of Europe?

by

Although I wouldn’t be surprised if in practice the registration requirements are only checked on registration and not for renewals, you don’t have to lose your domain when you leave Europe. A number of registrars provide trustee services that allow the registration of a .FR domain to people/organisations that don’t qualify directly and your domain … Read more

How can I find the WHOIS server for any TLD? [closed]

by

There are several well-known ways of locating whois servers for TLDs, the IANA database is probably the closest to what the question asks for, however there are other sources that may be more useful in practice. From IANA (access via whois and http) Browse http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db or search the whois database at whois.iana.org for the TLD. … Read more

List of top-level domains (TLDs) that require HTTPS connections, like .dev

by

A direct answer to this would eventually become outdated if more top-level domains start enforcing HTTPS using HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS, RFC 6797). Technically this is an HSTS policy of a TLD submitted to the preloading list. It started with Google’s new TLDs, The HSTS preload list can contain individual domains or subdomains and … Read more

If I own a domain do I own all of its sub domains?

by

Yes, you own and control the entire namespace below the domain you purchase, because DNS is hierarchical. Creating mail.example.com and blog.example.com is just a matter of adding entries to the DNS zone that you control. Since you asked about the name. domain, I’ll address that specifically: You cited its eligibility requirements and have confused this … Read more

DNS just started resolving my server.prod addresses to 127.0.53.53

by

When you see internal domains suddenly resolve to 127.0.53.53 you have a namecollision and ICANN is trying to tell you that you urgently need to fix your DNS configuration. If it would return NXDOMAIN like you suggested, you are correct, it would continue to work – for now. It would also leak your internally intended … Read more