Re: [dns-wg] Elimination of 2nd level ccTLD domain names

[Yiorgos Adamopoulos <]

Brad Knowles wrote:
>     The ISO is going to run out of potential two-letter ccTLDs pretty 
> soon.  Two letters only give you 676 possible combinations and there are 
> already almost 300 countries.
650.  Countries cannot have two letter identifiers begining with the letter 
x, so xa ... xz are ruled out.  For more you can check:

http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html

>     When they run out of two-letter ccTLDs that they can hand out, what 
> do you think they're going to do?
Recycle.  IIRC, CS used to symbolise Chechosolvakia (sp?) and now it stands 
for Serbia & Montenegro.
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