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It's my understanding that .gov and .mil were brought over from when those were independent networks, pre-internet.

• hgsgm 3y ago
  Now do .com, .org, and .net, which are all part of US.
  • richij 3y ago
    No they're not.
    • eindiran 3y ago
      From Wikipedia for .com: > The domain was originally administered by the United States Department of Defense, but is today operated by Verisign, and remains under ultimate jurisdiction of U.S. law. .edu holds US-centric requirements today. Not sure about .org, .net, etc. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.com [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.edu