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Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs


From: "John Levine" <johnl () iecc com>
Date: 17 Jun 2011 23:29:51 -0000

Notwithstanding that, globally resolvable valid DNS names *with no dots 
in them* are going to break a fair amount of software which assumes that's
an invalid case, and that is in fact a *different* situation, not triggered
by the expansion of the *generic* gTLD space.

Just to be sure I understand, you're saying that since you haven't
been paying attention until now, nobody else in the entire world could
possible have thought about this?

I happen to agree that adding vast numbers of new TLDs is a terrible
idea more for administrative and social than technical reasons, but
this is the first you've heard about it, you really haven't been
paying attention.

R's,
John


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