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Domains really shouldn't be tied to country of origin. Conceptually, it doesn't make sense to restrict DNS based on geopolitical boundaries. If a foreign comp

Domains really shouldn't be tied to country of origin. Conceptually, it doesn't make sense to restrict DNS based on geopolitical boundaries. If a foreign company wants to register a .us domain, for instance, nothing should stop it.

disiplus 7y ago
the country should manage its own domain. every country has it own set of rules, and for me as a citizen of country i would not want it to be managed by another country where the thing im doing might be illegal but in my own is not. i agree there are not many reasons to not being able to buy a domain from another country but as is with telephone numbers in alot of countries u have to have some residence in a country to get a phone number (for example germany) the domain could be like that.
- jandrese 7y ago
  So much for the idea of the Internet breaking down political boundaries. I know it's been dead for a long time now, but there was a thought in the early days that it didn't matter where you where or who you are on the Internet, everybody has the same access and opportunities.
  - reaperducer 7y ago
    Why not both? Countries manage their country-specific domains, and global entities manage the rest. The second part is exactly what is happening now. We just need to get the first in line.
    - a1369209993 7y ago
      The second part doesn't work either; see .org currently. Tor (with .onion addresses) is the only extant DNS mechanism that technically works (and not well) and that's practically unusable for >99% of people.
  - DeathArrow 7y ago
    >So much for the idea of the Internet breaking down political boundaries. I thought the modern idea is to embrace diversity.
im3w1l 7y ago
Imagine if Exoticstan managed all of DNS and their rules prohibited websites that your country allowed and even saw as culturally important. It's to avoid scenarios like that, that having a country specific tld is important. If a country has a conflict with whoever manages the DNS root, they could hardcode themselves as owning their cctld.
wvenable 7y ago
> it doesn't make sense to restrict DNS based on geopolitical boundaries. Sure it does because those geopolitical boundries make sense for things like e-commerce. As a Canadian, I know that a site having a .ca domain will definitely ship to my address.
- DeathArrow 7y ago
  >As a Canadian, I know that a site having a .ca domain will definitely ship to my address. Unless it's used as a domain hack by someone in another part of the world.
kevin_thibedeau 7y ago
If whitehouse.gov let their registration lapse... watch out.
- DeathArrow 7y ago
  They'll register whitehouse2.gov or therealwhitehouse.gov
markdown 7y ago
I always thought it was odd that .com, .org, and .net were international but .gov, .edu, and .mil was US only.
- DeathArrow 7y ago
  It was strange when we had a couple global tld and the rest were ccTLDs. Now that anybody with cash can buy a tld from ICANN, it is less strange.

disiplus 7y ago

the country should manage its own domain. every country has it own set of rules, and for me as a citizen of country i would not want it to be managed by another country where the thing im doing might be illegal but in my own is not. i agree there are not many reasons to not being able to buy a domain from another country but as is with telephone numbers in alot of countries u have to have some residence in a country to get a phone number (for example germany) the domain could be like that.

jandrese 7y ago
So much for the idea of the Internet breaking down political boundaries. I know it's been dead for a long time now, but there was a thought in the early days that it didn't matter where you where or who you are on the Internet, everybody has the same access and opportunities.
- reaperducer 7y ago
  Why not both? Countries manage their country-specific domains, and global entities manage the rest. The second part is exactly what is happening now. We just need to get the first in line.
  - a1369209993 7y ago
    The second part doesn't work either; see .org currently. Tor (with .onion addresses) is the only extant DNS mechanism that technically works (and not well) and that's practically unusable for >99% of people.
- DeathArrow 7y ago
  >So much for the idea of the Internet breaking down political boundaries. I thought the modern idea is to embrace diversity.

im3w1l 7y ago

Imagine if Exoticstan managed all of DNS and their rules prohibited websites that your country allowed and even saw as culturally important. It's to avoid scenarios like that, that having a country specific tld is important. If a country has a conflict with whoever manages the DNS root, they could hardcode themselves as owning their cctld.

wvenable 7y ago

> it doesn't make sense to restrict DNS based on geopolitical boundaries. Sure it does because those geopolitical boundries make sense for things like e-commerce. As a Canadian, I know that a site having a .ca domain will definitely ship to my address.

DeathArrow 7y ago
>As a Canadian, I know that a site having a .ca domain will definitely ship to my address. Unless it's used as a domain hack by someone in another part of the world.

kevin_thibedeau 7y ago

If whitehouse.gov let their registration lapse... watch out.

DeathArrow 7y ago
They'll register whitehouse2.gov or therealwhitehouse.gov

markdown 7y ago

I always thought it was odd that .com, .org, and .net were international but .gov, .edu, and .mil was US only.

DeathArrow 7y ago
It was strange when we had a couple global tld and the rest were ccTLDs. Now that anybody with cash can buy a tld from ICANN, it is less strange.