Hi! Thinking about registering a new domain for homelab setup. Not quite sure which registrar to go with but have heard good things about Porkbun here on lemmy. But, do people fill in their actual real name, and details for these sorta things? Geuninly curious, donât want to end up on bad terms with a company. But on the other hand im just going to use this for my homelab and dont see the âneedâ to give away my details for this sorta thing.
Let me know how you guys do it :)
i do. i use https://www.nearlyfreespeech.net/ as their promise is âby subpoena onlyâ on personal info.
its actually a smaller outfit run by a bunch of linux geeks⊠you pay for what you actually use. been my goto for more than 15 years
Huh, I tried to use their price estimator for my use case but it comes out the same for cloudflare pages + function and their goodies (D1, R2, DO, etc.) usage (around $5). But it is neat for in-between usage that is smaller than what cloudflare offers.
The DNS is cheap. Something like a penny a day for privacy. I typically paid like $50 every 2-3 years for both renewal and DNS on a couple domains.
Was kind of a PITA to be honest as I remember their login process was a little weird. I eventually moved on when they were slow to adopt some of the newer TLDs.
If you care about keeping your domain enough that you donât want there to be an excuse for someone to take it from you, then you use your real info, and choose a registrar that only exposes a proxy contact in your WHOIS entry.
If you donât care about losing your domain, then you can use fake contact info.
There are registrars that allow the info to be redacted from public WHOIS.
Unless the registrar accepts cryptocurrencies as a payment, thereâs no anonymous way to set up a domain. Even if you fill fake information, youâd still need to use a credit card or bank account thatâll disclose personal info (such as full name, billing address, etc).
Well probably some registrars donât give the data from payments away as much. Though on the other hand giving fake info will make you look more unique and trackable.
Though on the other hand giving fake info will make you look more unique and trackable.
will it if itâs not obvious? how?
Yeah, but quite a few of them DO accept crypto - then itâs fine I guess?
The registrar owns the domain then, not you. I made a root comment about Njalla which offers this service.
edit: Well you could use fake data. Still risk losing claim to it. I tried doing this with name cheap and they figured it out somehow that the info I gave wasnât real. Was years ago so I donât remember what I put in. My guess is it was one of those soft credit lookups (where did you live between X and Y?). Could also be misremembering.
Yes, donât want my domain to be removed/suspended.
The info is hidden from the public since every registrar should include domain privacy for free.
Can also use something like Njalla where they register and hold the domain for you and give you access to it.
A subpoena can still reveal the ownerâs information to the world. Even if itâs a frivolous lawsuit that ends up getting tossed.
One of the pirate bay founders created https://njal.la/#home but with the caveat:
For instance, when you register a domain name in our system, we can register with our own data. We will be the actual registrant of the domain â itâs not an ownership by proxy as found with all other providers. However, you will still have the full control over the domain name. You can either use our information (and our nameservers) or you can go with your custom data. And you can move at any time. Simple, flexible.
I believe it is required (ICANN?) to have a real entity attached to every domain, even with a proxy for the public whois. They simply offer to be that identity to avoid giving any identifying information, but they will have all claim on it if it came to a legal dispute.
