[dns-wg] Elimination of 2nd level ccTLD domain names
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Tim Deegan
tjd-dnswg at phlegethon.org
Thu Oct 21 14:01:48 CEST 2004
At 13:53 +0200 on 21 Oct (1098366806), Brad Knowles wrote: > Okay, so block all two and three-letter SLDs, under the > assumption that if they aren't already valid TLDs, they might become > valid TLDs in the future. That would cause problems for ibm.eu, but > would guarantee that you can prevent .com.eu from being registered > (as one example). > > However, you'd then also have to block all four-letter SLDs, > because there are current TLDs with four letters (.aero and .name). ...and six-letter words: .museum :) Blocking just the two-letter SLDs is still a reasonable policy; it solves the problem for the predictable case (ccTLDs). It doesn't prevent collisions with new gTLDs but that's not a reason to drop it entirely. Tim. -- Tim Deegan <tjd at phlegethon.org> We were back to the sad age-old knowledge that there are only two genuine aphrodisiacs: youth and boredom. [ Alistair Cooke, "Letter From America", 12/5/98 ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 187 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://lists.ripe.net/ripe/mail/archives/dns-wg/attachments/20041021/7f3463e8/attachment.sig>
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