On Jul 28, 2026, at 9:32 PM, Tom Beecher via NANOG <nanog@lists.nanog.org> wrote:
Getting back to the technical issue though, all these things do is reinforce the thought that if you are using a domain for commercial purposes , you probably want to strongly consider one managed by a non-US registrar if possible,
Again, this was a takedown at the registry, i.e., Verisign, not the registrar. To avoid this sort of action, you’d have to use a top-level domain operated by a company outside of the US, e.g., a ccTLD not in US/PR/AS/GU/VI/MP/(UM) or one of the new gTLDs not operated by a company subject to US jurisdiction (I’m too lazy to look that up). Of course, going that route will probably result in your customers getting confused because you don’t have a .COM domain name and, of course, you’d be subject to the legal jurisdiction of the country the TLD is operated in. Regards, -drc