Edit: already linked in the article! That's what I get for not reading to the end!
odie5533•19m ago
Seems like the primary use for locality domains is to explain to others how to get locality domains.
cj•38m ago
> The only place I could find that provides free nameservers for non-top level domains
I'm guessing Route 53 is also an option if you don't want to go through Lightsail.
Edit: Although Route 53 will cost a few cents per month.
cormorant•36m ago
Some similarities to *.<lastname>.name -- one of which is that the Public Suffix List thinks you're part of a single site with others you have no control over. Another is the weird registration procedure, but this one is weirder!
beezle•17m ago
I had one, registered I think in 1991, back in the uucp bang days. Had to give it up due to changes in requirements and IIRC Nustar being a real pain. Would like to get it back but no desire to jump through hoops to do so.
TrevorFSmith•15m ago
Definitely keep in mind that right or wrong, these hosts are unusual as far as most commercial services are concerned and it can reveal annoying edge cases in their software.
kiddico•14m ago
Seeing the *.k12.oh.us in the delegated subdomains brought me back to highschool. When I was little I always wondered why the city name was before k12. Didn't know it was structured like that everywhere.
thrill•10m ago
Aren’t there several states that have the same city name repeated within the state? I think there’d need to be a county delineator here too.
TallGuyShort•6m ago
That gets extremely complicated. My town straddles the border between 2 counties. And you can't trivially have subdomains for counties and cities at the same level, because Wyoming has a Laramie city but it's in Albany County, not the neighboring Laramie County.
Did this just inspire the next "Falsehoods programmers believe about... Federalism"?
uneekname•43m ago
Edit: already linked in the article! That's what I get for not reading to the end!
odie5533•19m ago