In 2023 operations for the .GOV TLD transitioned from Verisign to Cloudflare

There&#x27;s a very interesting document by Cloudflare linked to it that describes why this was not your typical &quot;change nameserver and done&quot; transition:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;indico.dns-oarc.net&#x2F;event&#x2F;48&#x2F;contributions&#x2F;1038&#x2F;attachments&#x2F;1005&#x2F;1948&#x2F;gov-transition-nsec-nsec3.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;indico.dns-oarc.net&#x2F;event&#x2F;48&#x2F;contributions&#x2F;1038&#x2F;atta...</a>

I didn&#x27;t even know .gov changed operators until this news, but looks like there was an earlier news that said it would happen:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34403055">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=34403055</a> - Verisign Loses Prestige .Gov Contract to Cloudflare (2023-01-16)

Looks like it was for ~$7.2mm - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sam.gov&#x2F;opp&#x2F;84b13553be9643f6bd143480a4567352&#x2F;view" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;sam.gov&#x2F;opp&#x2F;84b13553be9643f6bd143480a4567352&#x2F;view</a>

Is Cloudflare becoming increasingly powerful?

Verisign is evil, good for cloudflare.

It is shocking how few people understand how DNS works

I can only imagine conspiracy theories flying around about government partnership with Cloudflare.

Does this mean every GOV page will now have the &quot;pretend security check&quot; interstitial that litter just about every page now? How do you even describe it, it&#x27;s like they are vandalising the internet.