classpath.org domain expiration (icedtea download backups)

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 06:05:50PM +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 03:01:28PM -0700, Ajay kemparaj wrote:
> > i was looking for the new tarballs for the latest jdk8 releases ,
> > stumbled upon classpath.org domain expiration , just wanted to
> > raise awareness on this
> 
> Thanks for letting us know. We are trying to get the domain back, but
> we have some trouble contacting the person that originally registered
> it in 1998 and has renewed it ever since.
> 
> There are backups, but it might take a while to rehost them under a
> new name if we cannot get the domain name back.

We still haven't heard back from the registrant.

But if you are looking for icedtea downloads then there should be
complete backups here https://icedtea.wildebeest.org/

Cheers,

Mark