Re: [homenet] alternatives to .home

Joe Touch <touch@isi.edu> Fri, 17 June 2016 00:06 UTC

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On 6/16/2016 4:58 PM, Edmon Chung wrote:
> perhaps it would be easier/better to pick a name from the "reserved names" at the ICANN/IANA which cannot otherwise be used anyway?...
>
> e.g. 2 character non-countrycodes:

 All currently unused 2-letter codes can still be assigned by ISO as
country codes.

Hint: if something is "reserved", there's probably a reason.

Joe