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"You can only rent a domain."

If ICANN-approved root.zone and ICANN-approved registries are the only options.

As an experiment I created own registry, not shared with anyone. For many years I have run own root server, i.e., I serve own custom root.zone to all computers I own. I have a search experiment that uses a custom TLD that embeds a well-known classification system. The TLD portion of the domainname can catgorise any product or service on Earth.

ICANN TLDs are vague, ambiguous, sometimes even deceptive.






You should write something about this…

Do you also have a trusted TLS certificate authority? If yes, how has been your experience maintaining and securing it?

For this system, I have alternatives to "TLS" and to "trusted TLS certificate authorities".

None of this is connected to the internet. It is "home lab" stuff.

I have alternatives for so-called "modern" web browsers controlled by advertising companies, too.

For all the third-party-mediated stuff on today's internet I generally have alternatives that let me have more control.


Is there any difference here from running a normal DNS server?

Any of your special domains will be ones your server claims as authoritative, so I don't understand why you need a root server?


This sounds like a wonderful project, do you have any documentation of the process you wouldn't mind sharing? Would love to play around with something similar to what you did, almost like a mini-internet.



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