UPDATE: this is still to be confirmed and the details finalized, but I don’t want to wait any longer without telling you that it looks like our problem might be solved in the next 24 hours and that the blog will not be affected negatively.
Stay tuned for a confirmation, but things look pretty good right now :-)
Hugs and thanks to all,
The Saker
Domain Tools Whois lookup shows your domain expires on 1/13/2017:
http://whois.domaintools.com/thesaker.is
If you cannot get a response from your registrar, unseen, you might proceed to transfer your domain name to a different registrar. According to the linked ICANN information, if your current registrar does not timely respond to a transfer request, the transfer is, by default, approved:
https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/policy-2012-03-07-en
See this article for an overview of domain name registration and transfer:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_name_registrar
Thanks Mark. I am glad you mentioned icann and transferring. Very helpful.
yes, noted.
also, we are working on a few “worst case” solutions.
stayed tuned.
we are trying hard to avoid any problems.
thanks,
The Saker
The thing is that the registry and the registrar are the same entity, the registrant being unseen (!). I don’t know how it works in that case.
‘The thing is that the registry and the registrar are the same entity’ Similar you mean, to cognitive awareness in relation to one’s own ego, or self? That is rather cool. It also raises more questions…
domain: thesaker.is
registrant: HS412-IS
admin-c: HS412-IS
tech-c: JS374-IS
zone-c: HS412-IS
billing-c: HS412-IS
nserver: ns9.unseen.is
nserver: ns10.unseen.is
nserver: ns11.unseen.is
nserver: ns12.unseen.is
dnssec: unsigned delegation
created: January 13 2015
expires: January 13 2017
source: ISNIC
role: Unseen ehf.
nic-hdl: HS412-IS
address: Iðunnarbrunnur 5
address: IS-113 Reykjavík
phone: +354 6959991
e-mail: isnic@unseen.is
created: December 12 2013
source: ISNIC
person: Join Steve
nic-hdl: JS374-IS
address: 100 PALMS
address: LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES 90001
address: US
e-mail: support.hosting@unseen.is
created: January 14 2015
source: ISNIC
Hmm,
It’s got to be a different issue than the registration, which does not expire until next year.
Perhaps, site hosting?
Could this be the pressure of the empire in an attempt to bring your blog down? That would mean as much as pleating guilty, wouldn’t it?
Dear Saker,
you can prepare for bad times by:
1) Let your webserver (seems to be Apache), handle default domains, i.e. VirtualHost *:80, so we can visit your blog by a) entering the IP address or b) setting pointers from different domains or subdomains, or even c) by adding the line
82.221.109.115 thesaker.is
to the computer’s hosts file.
2) Regularly upload a zip-package of the hole site to a known location.
I think 1.c) works anyway without change.
Best wishes
I might sound over-optimistic here, but I think this is a very very minor issue. Just transfare the domain-name if there is a real problem.
Good luck :)
Almost forgot to say it…s rozhdestvom kristovim Saker and the Vineyard!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeBl5fuI_sA
Very nice video. Thank you, Kulak.
Cool. :D
I am a bit amazed about this trouble. For myself I keep two basic rules with important websites: prepay the domain for a few years and have the domain registration and the hosting at different companies.
Correct, something like 10yrs. It’s actually cheaper this way anyway.
Your offer of help has been forwarded to Saker.
Thank you very much for your offer of support. mod-hs