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You misunderstood the definition of domain in my context. In terms of ownership, if I tell you I am owning a domain, I am owning something along the format of "

You misunderstood the definition of domain in my context. In terms of ownership, if I tell you I am owning a domain, I am owning something along the format of "${name}.${tld}". I can't say that I own the domain of "example.github.io", because, well, if somebody look up for example.github.io in the ICANN domain (provided it is not redacted), it's not going to be my name in there, it's going to be Github's. In terms of "string that I can type in the Browser address bar to go to a website", I agree with your definition.

benatkin 3y ago
> In terms of "string that I can type in the Browser address bar to go to a website", I agree with your definition. That isn't a domain either. An address in there is a URL, a partial or complete one (it also recognizes search terms, but that's different). It's actually really simple. > In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is a part of another (main) domain. Having a subdomain be a type of domain is really important for speaking concisely about web security. If I say "what's the domain of the cookie?" and the answer can't be "news.ycombinator.com", that's suboptimal. At the same time for security it is also important to know who the registrar is, but for that there is the term TLD.
- antran22 3y ago
  You are still not looking at the definition of"domain name" in my context: the ownership context. I totally agree with you on the technical side, in most technical context a root-level domain or subdomain is largely the same thing. In the ownership context the definition differs. Please if you want to challenge my notion of "subdomain" please only challenge this definition only. You don't own a subdomain as strongly as owning a root-level domain, because in the first case the only attestation is on the database of obl.ong/github.io/etc while in second case your ownership is attested by the ICANN registry, which is how things has been working for the past 20/30 years.
  - benatkin 3y ago
    you put "domain name" in quotes but in the title it says "domains"

benatkin 3y ago

> In terms of "string that I can type in the Browser address bar to go to a website", I agree with your definition. That isn't a domain either. An address in there is a URL, a partial or complete one (it also recognizes search terms, but that's different). It's actually really simple. > In the Domain Name System (DNS) hierarchy, a subdomain is a domain that is a part of another (main) domain. Having a subdomain be a type of domain is really important for speaking concisely about web security. If I say "what's the domain of the cookie?" and the answer can't be "news.ycombinator.com", that's suboptimal. At the same time for security it is also important to know who the registrar is, but for that there is the term TLD.

antran22 3y ago
You are still not looking at the definition of"domain name" in my context: the ownership context. I totally agree with you on the technical side, in most technical context a root-level domain or subdomain is largely the same thing. In the ownership context the definition differs. Please if you want to challenge my notion of "subdomain" please only challenge this definition only. You don't own a subdomain as strongly as owning a root-level domain, because in the first case the only attestation is on the database of obl.ong/github.io/etc while in second case your ownership is attested by the ICANN registry, which is how things has been working for the past 20/30 years.
- benatkin 3y ago
  you put "domain name" in quotes but in the title it says "domains"