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Daily Discussion Thread: 🦥 Fri 19 Apr 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Baku@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Update: namesilo placed their domain into Client hold, which essentially renders their domain useless unless removed.

If you're into a more technical explanation that hopefully doesn't just sound like jargon:

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Basically what they've done is deactivate what's known as DNS records. DNS records are what actually tells visitors browsers where the site itself is. The site itself is on a Tencent server somewhere in china and still exists (it hasn't been deleted or removed or anything). But without the DNS records, people visiting the dodgy domain have no way to know where the sites content is. I imagine namesilo will not be renewing their domain, so that means for the next year or so, the site will not be visitable.

But it doesn't seem to have taken effect just yet, possibly because it's cached by someone somewhere. Within 24 hours it should be completely done though