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Two-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su
by voytec 2y ago
Two-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su
- Nullabillity 2y ago.su also still exists, despite its backing country having gone under over 30 years ago.
- p4bl0 2y agoBecause the country disappeared before that rules was set in place.
- voytec 2y agoYup. IANA dind't have ccTLD retiring procedures yet, when Soviet Union collapsed in 1990. But would they want to, they could delist it at any point. IANA holds the registry for all TLDs and - that's extreme and unlikely - could delist .ru, .ir or .kp at any moment.
- Arnt 2y agoThe WLAN password at ICANN meetings is oneworldoneinternet. Keeping the net together needs continuous peacekeeping effort. ICANN could delist in theory, that peacekeeping makes it impractical.