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Huh? DNS.com moving to DNSbyComodo.com

Huh? DNS.com moving to DNSbyComodo.com

Firm appears to be ditching the DNS.com domain name.

File this one in the strange moves category…

Comodo purchased DNS.com – which was founded by people in the domain name business – back in 2011.

They changed the overall branding to include the Comodo name but kept using the DNS.com domain name. Now they’re doing something that is rather odd: they seem to be ditching the DNS.com domain name altogether in favor of DNSbyComodo.com:

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Michele Neylon writes that he recently received an email from the firm regarding needing to change the nameservers to DNSbyComodo.net as well.

I realize Comodo is a strong brand, but there must be something more going on here than just wanting to include “Comodo” in the domain name. Is the firm planning to do something else with DNS.com, perhaps sell it?

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