Re: Parler

[Matt Corallo <nanog () as397444 net>]

Errr, sorry, typing on my phone. I should have included a “(and, thus, presumably the current DNS hosting returning 
dummy A records is a temporary thing)”. I presume they transferred the domain and set up some temporary DNS hosting 
through Epik, likely because, as someone else pointed out, it can avoid longer negative caching while they work on a 
real hosting deal.

Matt

> On Jan 14, 2021, at 00:29, William Herrin <bill () herrin us> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 9:22 PM Matt Corallo <nanog () as397444 net> wrote:
> > Sure, I just found it marginally comical that amazon, after making a big stink about kicking them off, is still 
> > providing them service, even if it’s one-hop indirect. That said, someone else suggested that Epik is denying that 
> > they will host the site, only providing registrar services for the domain, so it’s not as comparable as I understood 
> > it to be.
>
> Hi Matt,
>
> I'm not sure I agree with characterizing DNS hosting as a registrar
> service. It makes sense to sell them together but they're not
> classically the same thing.
>
> Epik is also entangled with Clouthub which I hear is where Trump landed.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
>
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