[dns-wg] Elimination of 2nd level ccTLD domain names

At 13:53 +0200 on 21 Oct (1098366806), Brad Knowles wrote:
> 	Okay, so block all two and three-letter SLDs, under the 
> assumption that if they aren't already valid TLDs, they might become 
> valid TLDs in the future.  That would cause problems for ibm.eu, but 
> would guarantee that you can prevent .com.eu from being registered 
> (as one example).
> 
> 	However, you'd then also have to block all four-letter SLDs, 
> because there are current TLDs with four letters (.aero and .name).

...and six-letter words: .museum :)

Blocking just the two-letter SLDs is still a reasonable policy; it
solves the problem for the predictable case (ccTLDs).  It doesn't
prevent collisions with new gTLDs but that's not a reason to drop it
entirely.

Tim.

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                                         Tim Deegan <tjd at phlegethon.org>
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