Ask HN: What to factors keep in mind while choosing domain registrar?

Re:Ask HN: What to factors keep in mind while choosing domai... by milkey_mouse on Saturday May 21, 2016 @05:41PM (#11746307)

Not Hover. They store passwords in plaintext, they've probably got some other glaring security issues too.

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Re:Ask HN: What to factors keep in mind while choosing domai... by drakenot on Saturday May 21, 2016 @05:55PM (#11746362)

This website states that Hover is a "reformed offender" regarding plaintext passwords:

http://plaintextoffenders.com/reformed

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Re:Ask HN: What to factors keep in mind while choosing domai... by stephenr on Sunday May 22, 2016 @01:42AM (#11747478)

Their response to requests for DNSSEC support was pretty epicly terrible too.

Basically they used the argument "we are a reseller" (even though they're owned by the registrar) to avoid the rules about supporting DNSSEC, and then relented by saying they could do absolute bare minimum to allow its use on a one-off case for $500 per domain.

This was enough to make me move. I'm using namesilo and couldn't be happier.

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Re:Ask HN: What to factors keep in mind while choosing domai... by daghandler on Sunday May 22, 2016 @09:37AM (#11748522)

I had a similar experience with Hover and DNSSEC. Also, as stated on their site now: 'OK, .cn domains are a bit tricky to transfer. Trust us, we've helped a lot of people through the process. We'd love to help you too: give us a ring at 1-866-731-6556 so that we can sort things out for you. At no charge of course.' ...which is very misleading. They do not offer .cn domain transfers at all. I reported this 3 months ago but they still have not changed the wording as they said they would.

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