Domain names! Where do they come from???
summary
Registers cost $180,000 to apply for and ICANN charges about $0.18 per registration while registrar accreditation runs about $4,000 a year, and the surprising market detail is that 1,252 registrar IDs are owned by one company used to multiply chances on expired names. Domain creation uses EPP: XML-based domain commands (create/renew/transfer/update) and contact publication moves from WHOIS to RDAP/JSON replacing WHOIS with privacy and escrow requirements; namespace.coop appears as a new worker‑owned registrar option.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Domain names intro
- 1:16DNS from host files
- 2:21ICANN and domain hierarchy
- 3:43TLD costs and regulations
- 4:47Registrar accreditation
- 5:30Registrar consolidation mystery
- 6:53How domains are created
- 8:40Domain privacy and WHOIS
- 9:42Why DNS endures
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