randy@psg.com (Randy Bush) writes:
well, za and some of its principal subdomains are the highest error rate zones i secondary or use. but i can imagine a different part of the government doing an even funkier job. the contest is likely keen.
ISC has had very little in the way of problems as a .ZA slave, fwiw. [phred.isc:alpha] ls -l *.[a-z][a-z] ?? -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 282852 May 25 08:41 bg -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 284449 May 25 08:04 br -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 5149177 May 25 07:59 cl -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 69640307 May 25 07:28 com.br -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 7722812 May 25 06:55 cz -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 15684581 May 25 04:33 fr -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 393 May 25 08:53 kailua-kona.hi.us -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 9585 May 25 08:38 palo-alto.ca.us -rw-r--r-- 1 root system 9409 May 25 04:57 za (btw, more are welcome if anybody else needs a feeless TLD/SLD slave.)
but semi-clued governments and semi-clued folk in general seem to be attracted to the domain name space. i suspect it is one of those areas that appear simpler, more powerful, and more lucrative than they actually are. running a cctld well is a major pita with no thanks and thin rewards.
brother, you just said a mouthful.