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gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening

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gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening Michael Schumacher 07 Aug 11:52
  gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening Kevin Cozens 09 Aug 14:29
   gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening Michael Schumacher 09 Aug 15:07
Michael Schumacher
2015-08-07 11:52:16 UTC (over 9 years ago)

gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening

Hi there,

I guess most of you have noticed that the *.gimp.org services had not been available yesterday. In fact, everything was running just fine, but it wasn't reachable - the gimp.org domain had expired on 2015-08-03, so www.gimp.org, download.gimp.org and irc.gimp.org didn't resolve to an IP address.

If this happens, the domain registrar changes the DNS entries to point to a different IP.

The domain has now been renewed, and the DNS is updating to the correct IP address. Depending on how long this takes for the DNS server you are using, you might still see the "Domain not activated" message for some time.

If you are puzzled by the technical terms in the part above, you#ll find an explanation of DNS at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Name_System

If you are looking for download mirrors, you can grab them directly from the downloads list source file:

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp-web/tree/programmatic/downloads/MIRRORS.in

(lines starting with a # are commented out and do not appear in the currently active list, this is either because those mirrors might not be up-to-date, or that I didn't get around to enabling them again [besides merely commenting them in again, this also involves setting up rsync access for them])

P.S. yes, our website is stored in version control - meaning that contributing content via patches is possible

Regards,
Michael
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Kevin Cozens
2015-08-09 14:29:18 UTC (over 9 years ago)

gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening

On 15-08-07 07:52 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:

the gimp.org domain had expired on 2015-08-03, so www.gimp.org, download.gimp.org and irc.gimp.org didn't resolve to an IP address.

We got lucky that an individual or company with questionable behaviour didn't snatch up the domain right after it expired and make it available for sale. That has happened to a lot of other domains.

It would be an idea to mark the calendar and every time that date rolls around the domain gets extended for a year (or more if the renewal was forgotten one year). That would help ensure that the domain will never expire.

Cheers!

Kevin.

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Michael Schumacher
2015-08-09 15:07:23 UTC (over 9 years ago)

gimp.org domain has been renewed, DNS updates are still happening

Am 09.08.2015 um 16:29 schrieb Kevin Cozens:

On 15-08-07 07:52 AM, Michael Schumacher wrote:

the gimp.org domain had expired on 2015-08-03, so www.gimp.org, download.gimp.org and irc.gimp.org didn't resolve to an IP address.

We got lucky that an individual or company with questionable behaviour didn't snatch up the domain right after it expired and make it available for sale.

There is a grace period.

Regards,
Michael
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