pseudo-TLDs (was: #1132: Allowing IP addresses as path-identiites - Poll result)

[Frank Ellermann <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Charles Lindsey wrote:

> We are actually at the mercy of ICANN for several things,
> including "example", "POSTED", "MISMATCH, etc.

"example" etc. are in a BCP:  <http://purl.net/net/rfc/2606>

"POSTED" and "MISMATCH" are some madness found in the wild.

I'd prefer a clean solution, maybe 'all top labels starting
with x- are invalid' resulting in "x-POSTED" etc.

OTOH there is already "invalid" for this purpose - whatever
we do, we lose. same problem as with "local".

                             Bye, Frank