Re: [DNSOP] Interim DNSOP WG meeting on Special Use Names: some reading material

"John Levine" <johnl@taugh.com> Fri, 08 May 2015 19:34 UTC

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>> "home", "corp" and perhaps "mail" need special handling if we really
>> want to not cause problems for those using those tlds internally.
>
>Why?
>
>What objective criteria makes those TLDs special?

Data reportedly shows extensive off-the-books use in private networks.
It's an obvious stability issue.

I'd probably put "lan" into the same group, no doubt to the dismay of
the South American airline group.

R's,
John