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Yeah, which seems ridiculous. As a first step, ICANN should be changed to some kind of international non-profit (I'm not even sure how you do that - do you just
by stephen_g 5y ago
Yeah, which seems ridiculous. As a first step, ICANN should be changed to some kind of international non-profit (I'm not even sure how you do that - do you just register it in Switzerland?).
Since they are not under a country code TLD, I think it really makes sense migrate .com, .net and .org to be 'international' TLDs (I think many people internationality basically already consider them to effectively be so) and US companies should be able to access equivalents under the ccTLD like .com.us, .net.us etc. if they wanted a US-specific one, just like every other country does. Then also, I really think all .gov, .mil and .edu and the other US-only TLDs should be phased out (they could just become redirects to .gov.us, .mil.us etc.). Having those TLDs as US-only just smacks of American exceptionalism - I understand the history and it made sense at the time, but became inappropriate as all the other ccTLDs started becoming used. They should have migrated to .us domains back then and deprecated .mil, .gov and so on.
It would be a bit messy, since .us is already delegated and there are already heaps of domains in that namespace which would have to be either retained as legacy or migrated after some time. So really the sooner the better! The US Government would probably have to buy the .us ccTLD back, create ones like com.us, net.us, org.us under it and then re-delegate them while operating .mil.us, .gov.us, .edu.us themselves.
- ethbr0 5y ago> deprecated .mil... Have you seen what the DoD PKI chain looks like? https://militarycac.com/images/fed_crosscert2Sm.jpg https://militarycac.com/images/fed_crosscert2Sm.jpg Good luck migrating all of that to a new TLD in the next millennium.
- rasengan 5y ago> "SHA-1 Federal ROOT CA" > "DoD Subordinate CAs (SHA-1)" > "DoD ECA Root CA 2 (SHA-1)" > "DoD Root CA 2 (SHA-1)" > -- https://militarycac.com/images/fed_crosscert2Sm.jpg https://militarycac.com/images/fed_crosscert2Sm.jpg O___O Might be worth considering a migration sooner than later.
- vba616 5y ago
- log4shelled 5y ago
- 908B64B197 5y ago> Then also, I really think all .gov, .mil and .edu and the other US-only TLDs should be phased out (they could just become redirects to .gov.us, .mil.us etc.). Having those TLDs as US-only just smacks of American exceptionalism If other countries don't like it... why connect and use an American network? Why not build their own (and foot the research bill!).
- GreenWatermelon 5y agoThe internet isn't a box stored somewhere in America, it's the collection of computers connected together with wires. They can change protocols, but that would just lead to a fractured ecosystem fir the benefit of no one, American or otherwise.
- vba616 5y agoThe tlds aren't the collection of computers, either, are they? Does Anguilla have the right to control .ai, or do people who want to use it to reference AI have a right to use it?
- 908B64B197 5y agoThat's another issue. Domains like .io, .ly and .tv are also used for vanity URL. That was not something originally expected with these.