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Some registries seem to be fairly lenient though, formally domains can't be registered at the second level of .au (must be .com.au or .org.au), yet somehow http
by nwh 14y ago
Some registries seem to be fairly lenient though, formally domains can't be registered at the second level of .au (must be .com.au or .org.au), yet somehow http://csiro.au/ http://csiro.au/ exists.
- andyjohnson0 14y agoIts often the case that these domains were registered by organisations (like, I assume, CSIRO) that had an early internet presence which pre-dates the formal procedures that were later adopted by registrars.
- nwh 14y agoThey predate even whois apparently. The web based auDA whois returns absolutely no data too. $ whois csiro.au No Data Found
- justincormack 14y agoAlso strange things like .britishlibrary.uk in the early days no one quite knew how naming was going to pan out.