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

"John R Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Thu, 29 September 2016 22:28 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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>> I suppose I could use jrl.alt, but I wouldn't want to use plain .alt for
>> fear of, if you'll pardon the phrase, name collisions.

>Name collisions may occur at any delegation point - why do you think the
>root zone is special in this regard?

The point of .alt as I understand it is to provide a home for future stuff 
like .onion that is intended to be globally visible and usable but not 
resolved through the DNS.

My .qy isn't globablly visible, so I don't care about other local uses of .qy.

R's,
John