On Friday 27 June 2008 17:13:10 Marshall Eubanks wrote:
.localhost is already reserved through RFC 2606, so this should not be a problem.
.localdomain shouldn't cause a problem, since most Unix systems that use it put it in the name resolution before the DNS is invoked (i.e. /etc/hosts). ICANN have a technical review step in the procedure, which hopefully would flag a request for ".localdomain", I don't think we want to try to enumerate possible brokenness. Probably appropriate for the review step is to ask the root name server operators if there is substantive traffic for a proposed TLD, as if there is it may reveal a problem. That said substantive traffic for a proposed domain need not of itself block a request, ICANN are tasked with maintaining the stability of the net, not the stability of every broken piece of software on the net. Does anyone has a specific operational concerns - otherwise I think this topic should probably be laid to rest on this list.