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Zoom outage caused by accidental 'shutting down' of the zoom.us domain

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634 points RVRX | 1 comments | 17 Apr 25 00:55 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Animats ◴[17 Apr 25 03:05 UTC] No.43712702[source]▶
That seriously devalues MarkMonitor's services. MarkMonitor claims to be a "an ICANN-accredited registrar and recognized industry leader since 1999". The whole point of paying for MarkMonitor is that they're an expensive service for valuable domains and are not allowed to screw up. GoDaddy should not be involved here at all.
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Maxious ◴[17 Apr 25 03:06 UTC] No.43712709[source]▶
GoDaddy runs the root dns for .us
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dawnerd ◴[17 Apr 25 04:13 UTC] No.43713054[source]▶
Wait really? I use a .us domain for personal stuff, that.. makes me want to reconsider.
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NewJazz ◴[17 Apr 25 05:08 UTC] No.43713296[source]▶
Also .us domains don't have who is privacy.
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gerdesj ◴[17 Apr 25 08:39 UTC] No.43714365[source]▶
Please don't keep us in suspense ... who is privacy?
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stwrzn ◴[17 Apr 25 08:46 UTC] No.43714391[source]▶
They probably meant "whois privacy"[1] (without the space). Whois is basically a way to get information about a domain name (and many other stuff). Whois privacy just ensures that your address, name and other stuff is not public.

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_privacy

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imcritic ◴[17 Apr 25 09:27 UTC] No.43714599[source]▶
They were probably joking when they asked that question.

Your reply doesn't seem sarcastic, so I take it you genuinely r/whoosh'ed (that's a reference to a subreddit about situations where someone is acting clueless).

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1. stwrzn ◴[17 Apr 25 10:42 UTC] No.43715026[source]▶
I know ;) Some people still value an explanation though.