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Re: [DNSOP] Tell me about the ISO 3166 user assigned two-letter codes and TLDs

Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> Thu, 29 September 2016 05:35 UTC

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Subject: Re: [DNSOP] Tell me about the ISO 3166 user assigned two-letter codes and TLDs
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In message <20160929025351.9873.qmail@ary.lan>, "John Levine" writes:
> >No.  Just because countries don't get assigned these values it
> >doesn't mean that they can't be assigned by ICANN or the IETF in
> >consultation with ICANN.
> 
> I don't see how that follows.  For over 30 years, the rule has been
> that two-letter names are reserved for ccTLDs.  There's never been any
> hint in any RFC I have found that any two-letter names can be assigned
> in any other way.

Things can change.  It is ALWAYS a bad idea to use namespace not
delegated to you.

> >And who *needs* a fake tld?
> 
> Nobody.  We could use HOSTS.TXT.

hosts.txt still takes domain style hostnames.  This is a namespace
issue not a resolution mechanism issue.
 
> R's,
> John
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