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http://cm./ http://cm./ used to resolve

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Macha 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=974111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=974111 http://to./ http://to./ used to be a URL shortener. Either the rules on ccTLDs are different, or it's a recentish crackdown.
- sleevi 6y ago
  There are no rules for ccTLDs, which their countries like to claim as sovereign property (see https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-ccnso-members/presentation-sovereignty-property-rights-21oct15-en.pdf https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-ccnso-me... and https://gac.icann.org/principles-and-guidelines/public/principles-cctlds.pdf https://gac.icann.org/principles-and-guidelines/public/princ... for some of the views) Some ccTLDS voluntarily agree to abide by the same rules and operational requirements as the gTLDs - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cctld-2012-02-25-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cctld-2012-02-25-en has more details. This means, for example, than ccTLDs aren’t bound by the findings from SAC053 at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-053-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-053-en.pdf which have been included in the gTLD contracts.
- vpzom 6y ago
  Wow, that's a glimpse into the past
CydeWeys 6y ago
.cm is a ccTLD, not a gTLD. All two-letter TLDs are ccTLDs and all 3+ letter TLDs are gTLDs. Countries have wide latitude to do whatever they want with their ccTLDs.
odensc 6y ago
http://ai./ http://ai./ still works
- hnick 6y ago
  What happens if I have a computer on my network named ai? Wouldn't it cause a conflict? I called my FreeNAS box freenas because I didn't feel very creative, and I can browse to it as http://freenas http://freenas or http://freenas./ http://freenas./ but if they took a domain of 'freenas' suddenly that means I have to do extra work and rename my stuff. Doesn't seem fair!
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  - jtvjan 6y ago
    You should have used a reserved TLD like `.local'. If you set it as the local domain name `ai' and `ai.local' would work. `ai.' would not work, as the dot at the end tells it to look at the top level. (like the slash at the beginning of an absolute path)
    - hnick 6y ago
      Ah yes I forgot that, .local does work so I guess that fixes that problem.

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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=974111 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=974111 http://to./ http://to./ used to be a URL shortener. Either the rules on ccTLDs are different, or it's a recentish crackdown.

sleevi 6y ago
There are no rules for ccTLDs, which their countries like to claim as sovereign property (see https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-ccnso-members/presentation-sovereignty-property-rights-21oct15-en.pdf https://meetings.icann.org/en/dublin54/schedule/wed-ccnso-me... and https://gac.icann.org/principles-and-guidelines/public/principles-cctlds.pdf https://gac.icann.org/principles-and-guidelines/public/princ... for some of the views) Some ccTLDS voluntarily agree to abide by the same rules and operational requirements as the gTLDs - https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cctld-2012-02-25-en https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/cctld-2012-02-25-en has more details. This means, for example, than ccTLDs aren’t bound by the findings from SAC053 at https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-053-en.pdf https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/sac-053-en.pdf which have been included in the gTLD contracts.
vpzom 6y ago
Wow, that's a glimpse into the past

CydeWeys 6y ago

.cm is a ccTLD, not a gTLD. All two-letter TLDs are ccTLDs and all 3+ letter TLDs are gTLDs. Countries have wide latitude to do whatever they want with their ccTLDs.

odensc 6y ago

http://ai./ http://ai./ still works

hnick 6y ago
What happens if I have a computer on my network named ai? Wouldn't it cause a conflict? I called my FreeNAS box freenas because I didn't feel very creative, and I can browse to it as http://freenas http://freenas or http://freenas./ http://freenas./ but if they took a domain of 'freenas' suddenly that means I have to do extra work and rename my stuff. Doesn't seem fair!
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- jtvjan 6y ago
  You should have used a reserved TLD like `.local'. If you set it as the local domain name `ai' and `ai.local' would work. `ai.' would not work, as the dot at the end tells it to look at the top level. (like the slash at the beginning of an absolute path)
  - hnick 6y ago
    Ah yes I forgot that, .local does work so I guess that fixes that problem.