Why on earth is the Irish government using a typo domain in .org instead of a .ie for their new covid cert thing? I'm impressed with how badly they messed this one up
Digging a little more....
So the Irish government used an American registrar to register the domain - thanks for supporting local business
AND seem to have paid for a proxy registration
AND it's still a TYPO
So the Irish government used an American registrar to register the domain - thanks for supporting local business
AND seem to have paid for a proxy registration
AND it's still a TYPO
Somebody else has now registered the correctly spelt domain + will get some nice PR / kudos for not being a dick about it + pointing it back to the govt site
BUT this is the kind of amateur approach to digital that makes a lot of shake our head
BUT this is the kind of amateur approach to digital that makes a lot of shake our head
It's really hard to take the govt's declarations on anything "digital" when time and time again they show that they simply don't "get" it.
(in case anyone thinks my reactions to all this are delayed I'm officially on holiday this week)
And no, registering a single domain name via an Irish company won't make or break any business BUT the government should be leading by example. Though if this is the kind of example they're providing ...
And here's the infamous typo domain just in case you thought I was making this up 
So I thought I'd do a bit more poking around.
The average internet user has been used to typing "www" for a web address for the last 20 or so years. Technically it's not needed, but that's what they're used to doing.
So most websites work with OR without the "www"
Guess what?
The average internet user has been used to typing "www" for a web address for the last 20 or so years. Technically it's not needed, but that's what they're used to doing.
So most websites work with OR without the "www"
Guess what?
If you guessed "it ain't working" you'd be right
There's no DNS records for it:
"Host irishcovidcertifcateportal.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
"
There's no DNS records for it:
"Host irishcovidcertifcateportal.org not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)
"
Someone else spotted this
https://twitter.com/Teknogrot/status/1418634785552015364
Re: the typo domain - it was registered on 19th July, so it's not a case of a Friday rushed job
Slight segway but this is a crucial point
https://twitter.com/BrianHonan/status/1418638033063186439
A bit of icing on the cake ...
It's 2021
So why for the love of God doesn't the site work over #IPv6 ?
It's 2021
So why for the love of God doesn't the site work over #IPv6 ?
Looks like they’re now trying to “fix” it. They’ve registered a new domain without any typos. Yet again it’s a .org using a proxy registration. Yet again they didn’t grab either the .com or the .ie
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