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Well, there's also .com which was confusing for me as a 12 year old thinking it had something to do with a .COM executable, and nobody could explain what it mea

Well, there's also .com which was confusing for me as a 12 year old thinking it had something to do with a .COM executable, and nobody could explain what it meant. I hereby want the .exe, .arj, and .rar TLD :-)

jahewson 3y ago
This reminds me of being a kid in the 90s and installing the DOS version of Command & Conquer onto a parent’s laptop and then being asked to delete it. COMMAND.COM yep that must be it…
Cthulhu_ 3y ago
.jpg would make sense, if it's limited to domains only ever hosting a single image file, like goatse.jpg
- manuelmoreale 3y ago
  That would be an hilarious restriction. And I’m sure it would also push clever devs to stretch the definition of what a single image file is. I now kinda want that to happen.
- 8organicbits 3y ago
  Domain names that are limited in their functionality by the TLD are really interesting to me. I know all of .dev is on the HSTS list, for example. I'm currently working on a subdomain registration service that only permits A/AAAA records in the private IP address ranges [1], but still supports certificate issuance over ACME DNS-01 via TXT rrecords. For jpeg, that would be a terms of service agreement? Or would the TLD manage all hosting? [1] https://www.getlocalcert.net/ https://www.getlocalcert.net/
  - diarrhea 3y ago
    I think at least my consumer router would block such DNS on grounds of DNS rebind protection.
    - reqrbHVPetKGE57 3y ago
      You also wouldn't be able to access it on grounds of the private IP address is not in the same private as your LAN.
    - 8organicbits 3y ago
      Can you share which model? I think the better approach is to resolve the domain locally, using unbound or similar. That's extra setup that some people won't do, so I want to support multiple options.
      - Tigress8780 3y ago
        Official OpenWRT builds do this by default (though you can turn that off in DNS settings), but many newer consumer routers that use OS based on OpenWRT might not have the option.
- xwdv 3y ago
  Why stop at .jpg? Imagine every file extension was a domain. Imagine all the public files of the world existing on the internet at their very own URL. It’s like the internet was just one massive directory of files. Now wouldn’t that be amazing?
- DavidHilbert 3y ago
  I hate read comments here, because they are always AIDS. People arguing about whether non technical people know what a zip file is for example. But this comment was a shiny diamond in a pile of turd, thank you.
augusto-moura 3y ago
We already have the .sh TLD [1]. So I don't see an .exe as a stretch [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.sh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.sh
- CameronNemo 3y ago
  That is a ccTLD. ICANN is not allowed to take it back even if they want to. gTLDs can and should be held to a higher standard.
  - CydeWeys 3y ago
    The standard gTLD registry operator contract does not allow ICANN to unilaterally yank delegated TLDs.
    - CameronNemo 3y ago
      While that is a good point, I am seeing a term of 10 years in Article 4 of the contract. Not sure whether ICANN has discretion to renew or not renew at the end of the term (IANAL), but if they stated now that they have no intention to renew, it could crater demand for domains using the TLD and make the venture costly for Google, should they pursue legal action. https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-31jul17-en.html#article4 https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/ag...
      - CydeWeys 3y ago
        This is just flat out not how ICANN actually operates, though.
RobotToaster 3y ago
I was disappointed to find exe.zip was already registered.
- nomel 3y ago
  I hope someone does what https://omg.lol https://omg.lol did. I would pay for a subdomain.
mananaysiempre 3y ago
Notably, not a lot of computer users could explain what the COM in executables meant, either, even in MS-DOS times :) (A command [external to the CP/M command interpreter], IIUC.)
danjc 3y ago
Wow - arj. Now that's been a while!
grishka 3y ago
.app has also been a thing for quite some time
otterley 3y ago
`command.com` is owned by 3M now to advertise its Command line of removable adhesive strips. URL prefixes were supposed to resolve this ambiguity (file:// vs. http[s]://), but I guess people got tired of saying "aych-tee-tee-pee-colon-slash-slash..." :-)
dbrueck 3y ago
Haha, thanks for reminding me of .arj - good times!
908B64B197 3y ago
> I hereby want the .exe, .arj, and .rar TLD :-) .exe to host web-assembly content?

jahewson 3y ago

This reminds me of being a kid in the 90s and installing the DOS version of Command & Conquer onto a parent’s laptop and then being asked to delete it. COMMAND.COM yep that must be it…

Cthulhu_ 3y ago

.jpg would make sense, if it's limited to domains only ever hosting a single image file, like goatse.jpg

manuelmoreale 3y ago
That would be an hilarious restriction. And I’m sure it would also push clever devs to stretch the definition of what a single image file is. I now kinda want that to happen.
8organicbits 3y ago
Domain names that are limited in their functionality by the TLD are really interesting to me. I know all of .dev is on the HSTS list, for example. I'm currently working on a subdomain registration service that only permits A/AAAA records in the private IP address ranges [1], but still supports certificate issuance over ACME DNS-01 via TXT rrecords. For jpeg, that would be a terms of service agreement? Or would the TLD manage all hosting? [1] https://www.getlocalcert.net/ https://www.getlocalcert.net/
- diarrhea 3y ago
  I think at least my consumer router would block such DNS on grounds of DNS rebind protection.
  - reqrbHVPetKGE57 3y ago
    You also wouldn't be able to access it on grounds of the private IP address is not in the same private as your LAN.
  - 8organicbits 3y ago
    Can you share which model? I think the better approach is to resolve the domain locally, using unbound or similar. That's extra setup that some people won't do, so I want to support multiple options.
    - Tigress8780 3y ago
      Official OpenWRT builds do this by default (though you can turn that off in DNS settings), but many newer consumer routers that use OS based on OpenWRT might not have the option.
xwdv 3y ago
Why stop at .jpg? Imagine every file extension was a domain. Imagine all the public files of the world existing on the internet at their very own URL. It’s like the internet was just one massive directory of files. Now wouldn’t that be amazing?
DavidHilbert 3y ago
I hate read comments here, because they are always AIDS. People arguing about whether non technical people know what a zip file is for example. But this comment was a shiny diamond in a pile of turd, thank you.

augusto-moura 3y ago

We already have the .sh TLD [1]. So I don't see an .exe as a stretch [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.sh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.sh

CameronNemo 3y ago
That is a ccTLD. ICANN is not allowed to take it back even if they want to. gTLDs can and should be held to a higher standard.
- CydeWeys 3y ago
  The standard gTLD registry operator contract does not allow ICANN to unilaterally yank delegated TLDs.
  - CameronNemo 3y ago
    While that is a good point, I am seeing a term of 10 years in Article 4 of the contract. Not sure whether ICANN has discretion to renew or not renew at the end of the term (IANAL), but if they stated now that they have no intention to renew, it could crater demand for domains using the TLD and make the venture costly for Google, should they pursue legal action. https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/agreement-approved-31jul17-en.html#article4 https://newgtlds.icann.org/sites/default/files/agreements/ag...
    - CydeWeys 3y ago
      This is just flat out not how ICANN actually operates, though.

RobotToaster 3y ago

I was disappointed to find exe.zip was already registered.

nomel 3y ago
I hope someone does what https://omg.lol https://omg.lol did. I would pay for a subdomain.

mananaysiempre 3y ago

Notably, not a lot of computer users could explain what the COM in executables meant, either, even in MS-DOS times :) (A command [external to the CP/M command interpreter], IIUC.)

danjc 3y ago

Wow - arj. Now that's been a while!

grishka 3y ago

.app has also been a thing for quite some time

otterley 3y ago

`command.com` is owned by 3M now to advertise its Command line of removable adhesive strips. URL prefixes were supposed to resolve this ambiguity (file:// vs. http[s]://), but I guess people got tired of saying "aych-tee-tee-pee-colon-slash-slash..." :-)

dbrueck 3y ago

Haha, thanks for reminding me of .arj - good times!

908B64B197 3y ago

> I hereby want the .exe, .arj, and .rar TLD :-) .exe to host web-assembly content?