.io Stop using .IO Domain Names for Production Traffic

[Nikul Sanghvi]

Interesting perspective on potential DNS issues with .IO domains. In theory, there are multiple TLDs that could be prone to the same problems but they seem to be more prevalent on .IO

https://getstream.io/blog/stop-using-io-domain-names-for-production-traffic/

'Domain resolution is one of the backbone services of the Internet. It’s something we typically spend very little time thinking about. Of course, that changes when it breaks. Over the past year, IO domain outages have been the number one reason our customers couldn’t use Stream. Specifically, the outage on September 20th, 2017 turned out to be a major headache. This article will go into the details behind the .IO domain name reliability issues and how we’re working around them.'

 

[Constantin S]

What a shame, especially when the registration and renewal fees are like $30.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

As I know, .IO recently migrated to Afilias backend...
So their DNS resolution is the same as for .PRO/.org/.info/.me/.in etc.
The same infrastructure.

 

[Jurgen Wolf]

You can see Afilias here, for example: https://www.robtex.com/dns-lookup/a0.nic.io

 

[Nikul Sanghvi]

As I know, .IO recently migrated to Afilias backend...
So their DNS resolution is the same as for .PRO/.org/.info/.me/.in etc.
The same infrastructure.

Mike Carson of Park.io makes a similar point in the first comment on the article. Hopefully that means these types of DNS issues are a thing of the past. Still worth bearing in mind for all other extensions which aren't managed by reliable operators, there is risk in building production sites/APIs on them.

I was also surprised to read in the article that (before .IO moved across to Afilias), the NIC.io support team could only be reached by phone during a few hours each morning (UTC time). That's a pretty high risk for any business that is dependant on a functioning website.

 

[Hypersot]

As I know, .IO recently migrated to Afilias backend...
So their DNS resolution is the same as for .PRO/.org/.info/.me/.in etc.
The same infrastructure.

I was planning to say the very same thing.

One year ago things were very different for .io domains.

 

[Nikul Sanghvi]

One year ago things were very different for .io domains.

The outage in reference on the article is from this year - 20th Sept 2017. Potentially a teething issue from the migration itself.

 

[Branko Jovanovic]

The outage in reference on the article is from this year - 20th Sept 2017. Potentially a teething issue from the migration itself.

Seems likely