would be cool if some domain guru could enlighten us on the truth
From my point of view this will never happen. If there are 100000 people being charged for domains companies will find a way to continue doing so
waste_monk 330 days ago [-]
>If there are 100000 people being charged for domains companies will find a way to continue doing so
The companies will not have a choice in the matter. If ICANN removes the .su ccTLD from the DNS root servers, they'll simply stop resolving (unless most of the world is somehow convinced to adopt an alternate DNS root, but that seems like a far stronger "will never happen").
Any company that continues to sell .su registrations after the domain is retired would open itself to a world of trouble from unhappy customers and legal issues.
tryauuum 330 days ago [-]
The situation you described sounds so stupid. To break emails and websites of many people simply because the two letter acronym isn't matching reality well
Maybe the ICANN management is like this. But their system administrator actually conducting the change is not, breaking things is against the philosophy of system administration
waste_monk 329 days ago [-]
>The situation you described sounds so stupid. To break emails and websites of many people simply because the two letter acronym isn't matching reality well
Perhaps, but it's also not particularly bright to rely on the continued existence of a domain whose corresponding political entity hasn't existed since 1991. ccTLD's have an ongoing administrative burden and financial cost to maintain, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it would go away eventually.
Besides, the signal to start migrating was when they closed registrations of new .su domains in 2022. And the 5-year countdown for removing the domain hasn't formally begun yet (AFAIK), so there's still plenty of time for .su domain owners to migrate away.
Personally, I'm more interested in if/when the British Indian Oceans Territory will dissolve, prompting the retirement of the .io domain.
>But their system administrator actually conducting the change is not, breaking things is against the philosophy of system administration
Knowing when to retire systems and going through the migration and end-of-life period gracefully is an important part of systems administration. We can't hang on to the past forever.
tryauuum 329 days ago [-]
An example of a recently registered domain name in .su zone:
$ whois breachlock.su
% TCI Whois Service. Terms of use:
% https://tcinet.ru/documents/whois_ru_rf.pdf (in Russian)
% https://tcinet.ru/documents/whois_su.pdf (in Russian)
domain: BREACHLOCK.SU
nserver: ns1.gohost.ru.
nserver: ns2.gohost.ru.
state: REGISTERED, NOT DELEGATED
person: Private Person
e-mail: namadagurova93@inbox.ru
registrar: REGTIME-SU
created: 2025-03-14T07:41:44Z
paid-till: 2026-03-14T07:41:44Z
free-date: 2026-04-16
source: TCI
Last updated on 2025-03-15T13:33:01Z
And you can visit nic.ru and register a new .su domain today
waste_monk 329 days ago [-]
My mistake. I thought all new domain registrations had stopped, but apparently it's to do with being able to process international payments due to Ukraine-related sanctions [1]. Presumably this domain paid in rubles.
I've never thought someone marketed .su to western audience
bronlund 331 days ago [-]
I think it makes sense retiring a TLD for a soveregin state dissolved 34 years ago. This wouldn't be the first time a TLD has been retired and probably not the last.
From my point of view this will never happen. If there are 100000 people being charged for domains companies will find a way to continue doing so
The companies will not have a choice in the matter. If ICANN removes the .su ccTLD from the DNS root servers, they'll simply stop resolving (unless most of the world is somehow convinced to adopt an alternate DNS root, but that seems like a far stronger "will never happen").
Any company that continues to sell .su registrations after the domain is retired would open itself to a world of trouble from unhappy customers and legal issues.
Maybe the ICANN management is like this. But their system administrator actually conducting the change is not, breaking things is against the philosophy of system administration
Perhaps, but it's also not particularly bright to rely on the continued existence of a domain whose corresponding political entity hasn't existed since 1991. ccTLD's have an ongoing administrative burden and financial cost to maintain, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that it would go away eventually.
Besides, the signal to start migrating was when they closed registrations of new .su domains in 2022. And the 5-year countdown for removing the domain hasn't formally begun yet (AFAIK), so there's still plenty of time for .su domain owners to migrate away.
Personally, I'm more interested in if/when the British Indian Oceans Territory will dissolve, prompting the retirement of the .io domain.
>But their system administrator actually conducting the change is not, breaking things is against the philosophy of system administration
Knowing when to retire systems and going through the migration and end-of-life period gracefully is an important part of systems administration. We can't hang on to the past forever.
[1] https://www.register.su/questions-about-su-domains/
I've never thought someone marketed .su to western audience
Still too soon :)