Inspiration for the project was based off one I made over half a decade ago. And I gratefully got recognized on HN for it! I saw (my) username that posted it, tried a few of my go-to password ’s, and boom, I still got it :)
Here was the thread for a trip down memory lane https://web.archive.org/web/20160322215116/https://news.ycom...
And the new one is called DecentDrops.com - Would have totally used DomainInferno again but looks like some squatter had it, hey that’s what I get for neglecting I guess. Still not sure why.. Updated daily. Sorry I’m bad about rambling and don’t want to do a (bigger) wall of text but if you’ve got questions shoot em!
I didn't see any differences with the archive.org page. It would be interesting if there were some.
Notably:
"Pinned" security properties like recursive HSTS may apply until they expire. Even if you have only ever operated http://clown-photos.example.com/ and never https://clown-photos.example.com/ the previous owner of example.com could have set policy saying all names are HTTPS-only.
Certificates issued in the Web PKI as much as three years ago for names in these domains may still exist and be valid. In principle some of them might even not be in CT logs. As new owner you are entitled to have those certificates revoked, but to do that you first need to know they exist.
Adverse user permissions decisions apply indefinitely. If the previous owner spewed notifications, or had unsolicited video content the resulting adverse decisions by users survive the change of ownership. (The other side of this applies too, if you buy a popular cat video sharing site, you're going to inherit lots of "allow autoplay" type permissions) but that's something you'd probably explicitly plan for rather than being a surprise.
White and black lists maintained by third parties may impact you. Whether that's a DNS blacklist that means some PiHoles block your whole site because the previous owner was an advertising network, or a spam blacklist that ensures your newsletter is never seen by its subscribers, that could be a real problem. Some list maintainers are very responsive, others not so much.
Speaking of lists, the domain could be on the PSL. Again you can ask to be removed (or indeed added if your planned use would mean the domain should be on the PSL and isn't). But if you don't realise the domain is PSL listed, you'll be astonished that it's impossible to get a Let's Encrypt certificate for *.example.com, or that cookies and frames and other origin-restricted stuff doesn't work as you expect.
Public Suffix List for those like me who might not have all the latest TLAs memorized.
Which seems to be successful.
Were any of those converted into an actual business?
edit: Oh no! It could mean they have caught superhempy.
For the next who knows maybe hour or so, from this minute actually, you'll probably notice a few more than average domains one the list are already taken. Don't worry i've got my best robot people on it
In a similar space, I really like https://park.io
So for instance snuno doesn't mean anything, 5 letters, easy to pronounce in all language, people don't get confused when you pronounce it. The name eventually becomes associated with whatever you put in.
After I saw Mt.Gox taking off, I realized, that the name is challenge only initially. People will figure it out once they think there is value.
If you agree "naming is hard", then most names are by definition pretty bad... At best, this list is random, and at worst it's the set of terrible names people gave up on and allowed to expire
Good on you for restricting people from sending "4" or less for the character count; I'd probably hide that too and use that for my own needs in your position, though it only raises the barrier from opportunistic searchers to people with a mild amount of curl/grep knowledge.
5 letters, however, $8.99!
b) Kinda sad to read all those names and think that someone once thought, 'hey, this could be my baby.' Sure, I imagine a bunch of them were just hoovered up by domain squatters, but at least a few of them are failed sites, right? … right?
Justinandsam.com is just heartbreaking.
I've got one domain that I think I could actually sell for a decent price, but I just really don't wanna deal with it...
There are thousands of four character .com names available though, and outside .com thousands of four letter domains, for example:
kfmw.net cwix.net wprd.net npyp.net vpol.net vrlx.net olfs.net ldti.net ufcc.net dgol.net [...] rbkd.org ytcu.org ohtf.org cjmn.org wgnn.org mjrb.org mafk.org cklw.org wegl.org ctnb.org
And available three characters are commonplace too, for example:
g0f.net j1c.net y1g.net x2z.net j2y.net o8x.net 2tq.net k8c.net 2g9.net c8p.net [...] 6o4.org k13.org 19f.org 2rd.org 2fo.org 3yu.org hh7.org ag4.org p-1.org 7de.org
The good thing about 'our' filtering is that it would take down the number of daily requests to their API, but still...a. lot. I wouldn't say it's out of the question even remotely, I have the funds but am cautious with my finances/investments. But you're right and I should definitely give it some serious though..
Would also be nice to sort/filter by Wayback hits.
I just registered (majorsportsapparelmaker)golf.com
And yes, they make golf shoes and apparel.
So that's fun.
