Re: pseudo-TLDs

["Charles Lindsey" <chl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In <433157C7.3CDA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Frank Ellermann <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>Charles Lindsey wrote:

>> Unfortunately, ICANN never signed up to RFC 2606

>I'd guess that there was an "IETF last call" for this BCP,

I don't think the IETF procedures were quite as rigorous in those days -
and a BCP is not in itself mandatory.

>But actually I think they have no problems with RfC 2606,
>IANA hosted the (dummy) <http://example.org> etc. pages
>for the three example SLDs defined in RfC 2606 chapter 3.

Yes, but they never hosted or reserved example (etc) as a TLD (which
technically could have been done in the same way as those three).

And all of invalid.[org,com,net] are already taken (and not by IANA).

>A Google search "2606 site:icann.org" resulted in 25 hits,
>some indicate that ICANN does know and support this BCP,
>e.g. <http://www.icann.org/tlds/tld-criteria-15aug00.htm>

Right! I did not spot that one on my previous searches through IANA. I am
much happier now.

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