Re: [DNSOP] Alternative Special-Use TLD problem statement draft

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Thu, 07 April 2016 21:27 UTC

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>Just because TOR asks for .onion doesn't mean it should be given it.

The TOR project has been distributing software that special cases
the .onion TLD for close to a decade.

If the IETF said "you're wrong, go away", what exactly do you
think they would do?

R's,
John