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http://ai/
http://ai/ is a valid URL. I found it interesting and tried to submit it to HN, but HN refuses it.
Anyway, that was the intellectually interesting thing: apparently http://ai/ is quite unexpectedly a real website called "Offshore Information Services Ltd."
Originally discovered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28253333
- josephcsible 5y agohttp://ai/ http://ai/ doesn't work for me, but http://ai./ http://ai./ does. Also, I thought there was some kind of rule that TLD operators weren't supposed to put A records directly on them.
- tylercrompton 5y agoBoth links work for me.
- kypro 5y agoWorks for me but interested why DNS doesn’t seem to resolve for others. I guess some DNS servers don’t recognise addresses assigned directly to a TLD?
- tomklein 5y agoCountry Code TLDs have their own rules/are independent.
- ttctciyf 5y ago> Originally discovered here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28253333 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28253333 Prior art! [1] 1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21914570 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21914570
- sillysaurusx 5y agoOoh, nice find! Thank you!
- ttctciyf 5y agoCheck the link's parent :)
- rkwasny 5y ago.ai registration is managed by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Cate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Cate very interesting story there
- max_ 5y agoHow is this even possible? How do I get one?
- gorkish 5y agoBuy a gTLD or get a foreign government to let you manage their ccTLD. Then it is simple: set an A record on the root.
- DerekBickerton 5y agoHere's the official 'NIC' page for it: http://nic.com.ai/ http://nic.com.ai/ I tend to avoid ccTLDs because the country sort of controls the TLD and it can be hard to get it back if they've stopped you from using it
- muldvarp 5y agohttp://bh./ http://bh./ works as well.* * for some definition of "works".