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Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
From: Warren Bailey <wbailey () satelliteintelligencegroup com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 17:01:52 +0000
I wish marriages worked like that.. ;) Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device -------- Original message -------- From: Bryan Fields <Bryan () bryanfields net> Date: 10/20/2014 8:13 AM (GMT-08:00) To: NANOG list <nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? On 10/19/14, 8:05 AM, Matthew Petach wrote:
Wondering if some of the long-time list members can shed some light on the question--why is the .gov top level domain only for use by US government agencies? Where do other world powers put their government agency domains? With the exception of the cctlds, shouldn't the top-level gtlds be generically open to anyone regardless of borders? Would love to get any info about the history of the decision to make it US-only.
The USA funded the early internet and so it got to make it's own legacy rules. `murica :D -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Bryan Fields (Oct 20)
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Bryan Fields (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Donald Eastlake (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Fred Baker (fred) (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? John Orthoefer (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Fred Baker (fred) (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Andrew Sullivan (Oct 20)
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Bill Woodcock (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Jared Mauch (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Bill Woodcock (Oct 20)
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? John Orthoefer (Oct 20)