Give HN: 3 character .net domains

Re:Give HN: 3 character .net domains by axod on Sunday November 28, 2010 @04:31PM (#1948368)

Negligible if any. Buying an SSL certificate is more expensive than registering a domain.

edit: It'd also be likely someone would startup some 'free/cheap' subdomain hosting for people who don't want to pay the $1000... eg myapp.free.com

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Re:Give HN: 3 character .net domains by DanHulton on Monday November 29, 2010 @07:05PM (#1952427)

Bollocks.

Right now I can get an SSL certificate and register a domain name for under $30 through Dreamhost.

I can think of a few projects that I've started that have helped a few people that never would have gotten off the ground if we had your preposterous $1k fee for registrations.

The current system's not great, sure, but it's a whale better than your "only the rich can register" plan.

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Re:Give HN: 3 character .net domains by steveklabnik on Sunday November 28, 2010 @04:34PM (#1948375)

I have never had more than $2,000 in a bank account at one time. I think that your expectations are slightly skewed. And buying an SSL certificate may be more expensive, but it's still $50/year, a far cry from $1k.

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Re:Give HN: 3 character .net domains by ra on Sunday November 28, 2010 @05:02PM (#1948465)

I'm sure Verisign would be delighted for ICANN to raise the domain registration fee like that!

no, that is not the answer.

BTW: I'm using a free SSL cert at the moment.

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Re:Give HN: 3 character .net domains by burgerbrain on Sunday November 28, 2010 @05:05PM (#1948476)

> 'free/cheap' subdomain

They already exist. They're all over the place really...

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