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Is there a policy for what happens to ccTLD if a country changes its name or disappears?

dpeck 11y ago
just a datapoint, .su is still around and still used by some universities.
duskwuff 11y ago
Not strictly speaking; it hasn't happened often enough for a policy to be established. The ccTLDs .cs (Czechoslovakia), .dd (East Germany), .yu (Yugoslavia), and .zr (Zaire) were all dissolved some time after the reorganization/renaming of their countries. However, this hasn't always been the case. For instance, .su (Soviet Union) continues to be used today.
ryan90v 11y ago
Check out the story of the .su (Soviet Union) domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/31/ussr-cybercriminals-su-domain-space http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/31/ussr-cyber...
- pavel_lishin 11y ago
  > The .su domain was invented by the then-19-year-old Finnish student Petri Ojala. "Invented" seems like the wrong word to use here.
  - Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
    Wikipedia is publicly editable. Most people forget that these days.
- txdv 11y ago
  Is there a way to buy them? I have an eu domain but I want a su domain as well :D
  - ryan90v 11y ago
    I found this site, which seems to be a self-proclaimed .su registry: https://www.register.su/ https://www.register.su/
dbarlett 11y ago
.an (Netherlands Antilles) is being phased out [1]: The .AN top-level domain for the Netherlands Antilles is no longer eligible for continued delegation, as it is no longer an ISO 3166-1 two-letter code. In accordance with the code’s removal from the ISO 3166-1 standard, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency asks users of the standard to “stop using [the code] ASAP”†. As discussed in detail in the consideration of a similar case of the .YU top-level domain, ICANN’s role is to be an independent technical coordinator of the domain name system. As such, the ISO 3166-1 standard was chosen as the arbiter for what is, and what is not, a basis for country-code domains. In order to retain consistency with the standard, ICANN coordinates the removal of the .AN domain in conjunction with the transition to its successor domains. In such cases, ICANN asks the current operator to perform an orderly wind-down and transition process. The proposed sponsoring organisation for .CW intends to continue to operate the .AN domain while transitional arrangements are executed. These transitional arrangements include provisions for registrants in Curaçao to transfer registrations to .CW; and for registrants in Sint Maarten to transfer registrations to .SX. The applicant calls for a phased transition to be concluded over a period of three years, after which time the .AN domain will be fully retired. [1] http://www.iana.org/reports/2011/cw-report-20111003.html http://www.iana.org/reports/2011/cw-report-20111003.html
jkot 11y ago
Czechoslovakia had .cs domain for very short moment. Not sure what happened to it.
Grue3 11y ago
Yugoslavia domain .yu was closed. Some still exist like .su (USSR).

dpeck 11y ago

just a datapoint, .su is still around and still used by some universities.

Not strictly speaking; it hasn't happened often enough for a policy to be established. The ccTLDs .cs (Czechoslovakia), .dd (East Germany), .yu (Yugoslavia), and .zr (Zaire) were all dissolved some time after the reorganization/renaming of their countries. However, this hasn't always been the case. For instance, .su (Soviet Union) continues to be used today.

ryan90v 11y ago

Check out the story of the .su (Soviet Union) domain: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.su http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/31/ussr-cybercriminals-su-domain-space http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/may/31/ussr-cyber...

pavel_lishin 11y ago
> The .su domain was invented by the then-19-year-old Finnish student Petri Ojala. "Invented" seems like the wrong word to use here.
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
  Wikipedia is publicly editable. Most people forget that these days.
txdv 11y ago
Is there a way to buy them? I have an eu domain but I want a su domain as well :D
- ryan90v 11y ago
  I found this site, which seems to be a self-proclaimed .su registry: https://www.register.su/ https://www.register.su/

dbarlett 11y ago

.an (Netherlands Antilles) is being phased out [1]: The .AN top-level domain for the Netherlands Antilles is no longer eligible for continued delegation, as it is no longer an ISO 3166-1 two-letter code. In accordance with the code’s removal from the ISO 3166-1 standard, the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency asks users of the standard to “stop using [the code] ASAP”†. As discussed in detail in the consideration of a similar case of the .YU top-level domain, ICANN’s role is to be an independent technical coordinator of the domain name system. As such, the ISO 3166-1 standard was chosen as the arbiter for what is, and what is not, a basis for country-code domains. In order to retain consistency with the standard, ICANN coordinates the removal of the .AN domain in conjunction with the transition to its successor domains. In such cases, ICANN asks the current operator to perform an orderly wind-down and transition process. The proposed sponsoring organisation for .CW intends to continue to operate the .AN domain while transitional arrangements are executed. These transitional arrangements include provisions for registrants in Curaçao to transfer registrations to .CW; and for registrants in Sint Maarten to transfer registrations to .SX. The applicant calls for a phased transition to be concluded over a period of three years, after which time the .AN domain will be fully retired. [1] http://www.iana.org/reports/2011/cw-report-20111003.html http://www.iana.org/reports/2011/cw-report-20111003.html

jkot 11y ago

Czechoslovakia had .cs domain for very short moment. Not sure what happened to it.

Grue3 11y ago

Yugoslavia domain .yu was closed. Some still exist like .su (USSR).