21 Sep
2014
21 Sep
'14
10:53 a.m.
In article <alpine.LSU.2.00.1409190959570.3000@hermes-1.csi.cam.ac.uk> you write:
David Conrad <drc@virtualized.org> wrote:
To be clear, generic TLDs (gTLDs) can’t have bare (dotless) TLDs (or wildcards).
Wildcards are being used for the name collision gubbins.
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Yes, but only for a few months before the TLD goes live to try and flush out prior local use of new TLDs. The rule about wildcards in live TLDs hasn't changed. There was a lot about this at Verisign's name collision workshop after the London IETF. http://namecollisions.net/program/index.html R's, John