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.test will not become a gTLD. See RFC 2606.
by CydeWeys 3y ago
.test will not become a gTLD. See RFC 2606.
- benatkin 3y agoAs gTLDs increase in popularity they could amend that RFC. Also it's not particularly clear and unchanging already. "TLDs for Testing, & Documentation Examples" includes .localhost. However, .localhost can be used for more than just testing and documentation. It's treated as a secure context in browsers and subdomains have different storage areas on browsers. (Shockingly, localhost:8000 and localhost:8080 aren't kept separate by browsers)
- CydeWeys 3y agoThose 4 reserved labels in that RFC are not going to be released, period.
- benatkin 3y agoI wasn't talking about the other ones, just .test. Maybe as a Blockchain tld :) then it isn't DNS. Currently new gTLD applications are paused and it's hard to remember how hot it was back when they were open or see how hot it's going to be when they're reopened.
- PrimeMcFly 3y agoUnless and until they are. Don't underestimate the greed of the people making these decisions.
- CydeWeys 3y agoI work in this industry and know the people making these decisions and I'm not aware of anyone in favor of releasing the RFC 2606 reservations.
- benatkin 3y agoWould be done by someone asking for forgiveness instead of permission. :)
- CydeWeys 3y agoThat's not remotely how ICANN works though. Everything always takes many years and has a million different discussions, processes, veto points, etc.
- benatkin 3y agoIt would start off outside of ICANN, like Unstoppable Domains. Edit: wow, ENS has .test domains: https://docs.ens.domains/contract-api-reference/testregistrar https://docs.ens.domains/contract-api-reference/testregistra...
- CydeWeys 3y agoThose are fake domain names. They don't resolve in the root DNS nameservers. This is one of the many reasons that "alternate roots" are terrible and will never be widely adopted.