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I've heard enough horror stories lately (including[1]) that I'm considering moving a container registry off of a cctld. Container registries for whatever reason

• slowmovintarget 3y ago
  The Wikipedia entry on the .io TLD is interesting [1]. The .io TLD is assigned to the British Indian Ocean Territories, and there's currently an ongoing international legal dispute over whether the territories even exist, or they just belong to Mauritius. If the U.N. "wins" the .io domain would be slated for removal (technically). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.io
  • bshipp 3y ago
    I can't imagine .io would ever be removed. if anything, it'll be categorized like .org or .com if it loses its geographic justification.
    • valianteffort 3y ago
      But aren't two letter TLD's reserved for country codes?
      • gary_0 3y ago
        There will definitely be complaints if we colonize Jupiter's moons but the .io TLD has been commandeered by open source projects.
        • signal11 3y ago
          There are um, significant challenges to colonising Io. It’s 400 active volcanoes to start with, in a body the size of Earth’s moon. If we could tap its flux tube for energy though—- now that’d be cool.
          • squarefoot 3y ago
            > There are um, significant challenges to colonising Io. What about Europa (.eu)?
            • woleium 3y ago
              Ok grampa, let's use DNS. Should we all type code out by hand as well?
            • rewmie 3y ago
              > What about Europa (.eu)? .eu is already the ccTLD if the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.eu
              • squarefoot 3y ago
                Yes, I was referring to the grandparent's comment about Jupiter moons and .io that can't be used. Odd wording from my side.
    • riffic 3y ago
      not really how it works but your imagination is healthy.
      • niij 3y ago
        There's precedent. The .su (Soviet Union) ccTLD is still around. It takes registrations at the second level and is open to registrations from anyone regardless of nationality. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su
    • nkko 3y ago
      There are some examples https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.yu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.yu
      • xcdzvyn 3y ago
        But we got .rs and .me in exchange. The world just wants to maximize domain hacks :)
  • qingcharles 3y ago
    And there is a lot of precedent for removing ccTLDs for countries that no longer exist, regardless of what is using them, e.g. East Germany, USSR etc.
    • smsm42 3y ago
      .su still alive. Given it's controlled by Russia and widely used for scams I wouldn't recommend going to any site registered in that domain necessarily, but it has not been removed and likely won't be anytime soon.
      • qingcharles 3y ago
        Thank you, I stand corrected :)
  • smsm42 3y ago
    Given that top-level domain does not have to be geographical, they can easily just keep it, just somebody else would be making money from it.
• nneonneo 3y ago
  You’re hoping .io is safer than most. It’s not exactly operated by a big or stable country. Ownership could change and the new owners could be arbitrarily capricious.
  • paulgb 3y ago
    Yep, that's a fair point. I do think that the more popular ccTLDs are probably slightly safer than less popular ones all else being equal because there is more riding on not “killing the golden goose”, but stability of the country (or territory) is also a factor.
    • Symbiote 3y ago
      The same applies to .UK, should Scottish independence succeed. If anything, that seems more likely than the UK giving up control of Diego Garcia.
      • messe 3y ago
        > The same applies to .UK, should Scottish independence succeed Northern Ireland exists and is still unfortunately a part of the UK. The UK would still be the United Kingdom of X and Northern Ireland even if Scotland leaves.
        • PontifexMinimus 3y ago
          Even if NI leaves, it'd be the United Kingdom of England and Wales. If Wales leaves, the United Kingdom of England?
          • Symbiote 3y ago
            No, the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland (parts) are united. Wales was conquered in 1284 - the Kingdom of England includes Wales.
• justsomehnguy 3y ago
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