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# Domains Dirt Cheap

## .green[Rolling your own email address]

.bottom.right[
Christopher Biggs, .logo[Accelerando Consulting]
<br>.logo[@accelerando_au]
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![](dogs.jp2)]

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# What is this?
## you **can** even.

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# Circuits
## Operator, give me Milton 159

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# Packets
## Postcards from the edge

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# Addresses
## What is a protocol?

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# The Internet Protocol
## It's not just a good idea, it's the Lore

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# Directories
## *"Operator, this is an emergency!  What's the number for 911?!"*
.right[-- Homer Simpson]

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# The Domain Naming System
## Registrars, and Records and Delegates, oh my!

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# Your own domain
## (Sorry, but its complicated)

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# Option A - Big Cloud
## Pay a lot for easy nothing

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# Option B - Niche hosting
## As good as it gets

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# Option C - Cheap as Chips
## BYO Nerd

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# Recap

.nolm[
* Postcard frenzy - Packet Switched Networks
* Names and Addresses
* The Domain Naming System
* Three ways to obtain your own domain
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# Resources, Questions

## Related talks - [http://christopher.biggs.id.au/#talks](http://christopher.biggs.id.au/#talks)

## Me - Christopher Biggs

- Twitter: .blue[@accelerando_au]
- Email: .blue[christopher@biggs.id.au]
- Slides, and getting my advice: http://christopher.biggs.id.au/
- Accelerando Consulting - IoT, DevOps, Big Data - https://accelerando.com.au/

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## Links

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* Hosted email
  * [Google gSuite](https://gSuite.google.com) USD$60/user/yr
  * [Fastmail](https://FastMail.com/) USD$50/user/yr (Australian company)
* Domain forwarding
  * [PObox.com](https://pobox.com) (now part of Fastmail) - USD$20/user/yr
  * [Netregistry.com.au](https://Netregistry.com.au) AU$15/yr
  * [Zoneedit.com](https://Zoneedit.com) - FREE (except domain registration)
* Domain registration
  * Costs ~$10/yr for each domain (more for hipster domains)
  * Using your email provider is most convenient
  * My recommended standalone is [Netregistry.com.au](https://Netregistry.com.au)
]