kelstar18

PSA: iwantmyname is utterly broken

Posted by kelstar18 on Tuesday June 17, 2025 @07:46AM
from the self-post dept.

This is just a PSA for anyone unfortunate enough to have to use iwantmyname.TL;DR: Generation of EPP auth codes for many TLDs is completely broken, and support appears to be out to lunch.We've been long-time customers of iwantmyname (our first invoice goes back to 2014). We generally only used them for registration of TLDs that were unavailable on Google Cloud Domains (RIP) or Route 53.We have...

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Re:Working on databases from prison on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:37AM (#44289981)

If you don't believe that language is open to interpretation I'm not sure there is anything more to be gained from this dialog. Have a good day.

Re:Working on databases from prison on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:28AM (#44289881)

Purporting that to be a "claim" would be - in my opinion - an incredibly disingenuous reading of the poster's comment. Remember the HN commenting guidelines: "Assume good faith."

Re:Working on databases from prison on Monday June 16, 2025 @10:23AM (#44289801)

Showing compassion to one person doesn’t deserve criticism for not saving everyone.

Re:I Used AI-Powered Calorie Counting Apps, and They Were Even Worse T... on Monday June 09, 2025 @05:06PM (#44229473)

What does shopping at Costco have to do with anything? They sell lots of "whole foods". Tons (literally) of fresh raw protein, veg, grains, etc.

Re:I Used AI-Powered Calorie Counting Apps, and They Were Even Worse T... on Monday June 09, 2025 @09:50AM (#44224527)

Is it ironic that my AI detector is ringing alarm bells at this comment (both its overall cadence, as well as it’s particularly unnecessary use of an em dash)?