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Technically there's no reason why a TLD can't have an A record. If they own "google." they can point it to whatever address and serve whatever they want.
by parliament32 8y ago
Technically there's no reason why a TLD can't have an A record. If they own "google." they can point it to whatever address and serve whatever they want.
- ReverseCold 8y agoThere are even examples of TLDs that do resolve. See: http://to http://to. (it redirects to an advertising/malware site for me, so be warned)
- ucarion 8y agoUntil recently, http://ai http://ai did exactly this. They also had MX records, so n@ai was a valid email address.
- hunter2_ 8y agoThat link works fine for me. It doesn't for you?
- jwilk 8y agoDotless domains are prohibited for new gTLDs: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-08-30-en https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-2013-08-30-en