[dns-wg] New on RIPE Labs: New gTLD Concerns: Dotless Names and Name Collisions

Dear colleagues,

We published a new article by Geoff Huston on RIPE Labs:

New gTLD Concerns: Dotless Names and Name Collisions
https://labs.ripe.net/Members/gih/dotless-names

In the long discussions about the new generic Top level Domains (gTLD), 
there were two technical topics that were the subject of many assertions 
and little in the way of observed data. The first concerned the 
viability of a so-called "dotless" name, where the gTLD label itself 
contains an IP address in the DNS, and the second concerns the concept 
of "name collisions" between existing local use of a name and the same 
name being delegated as a new gTLD. This article explores these two 
topics, and adds some data to the debate in the way of observed 
behaviours of the way common operating systems and browsers handle names.

Kind Regards,
Mirjam Kuehne
RIPE NCC