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Re: [ICANN-EU] second-level-domains
- To: "icann-europe@fitug.de" <icann-europe@fitug.de>
- Subject: Re: [ICANN-EU] second-level-domains
- From: "Oliver Thuns" <icann@thuns.de>
- Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 11:50:52 +0200
- Comment: This message comes from the icann-europe mailing list.
- Reply-To: "Oliver Thuns" <icann@thuns.de>
- Sender: owner-icann-europe@fitug.de
On Mon, 14 Aug 2000 16:56:48 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
>On 2000-08-14 16:38:50 +0200, Oliver Thuns wrote:
>
>> .nl.shop
>> .fi.shop
>> .de.shop
>> .eu.shop
>> .us.shop
>> .??.shop
>
>> You only have to block all 2 character registrations.
>
>By an obvious symmetry argument, this is equivalent to the ccTLD
>system we already have, with just putting "structuring" 2nd level
>domains in betweek, such as .co.uk, .edu.pl, and the like.
- many ccTLDs don't have second-level-domains.
- every ccTLD have it's own structuring system (ac = edu, com = co)
- you could not introduce new second-level-domains
It's not a great idea, but it makes the name space bigger, whitout making the
domains much longer.
>Is there any country which actually does this in a consequent
>manner, and where this helps to avoid _any_ conflicts?
I don't think so.
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