.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
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.42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
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Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#2Ugh. Can we phase out IPv4 first?
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#3I can only imagine how many regexes this will break.
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#4Before anyone wonders: No, this isn't an official TLD. The domains you register there won't resolve for anyone unless they futz with their nameserver settings.
I'm not sure what to make of this. Looks like a bunch of hackers got really bored and perhaps had a beer too many...
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#5So if my IP is XXX.XXX.XXX.42 I can expect misconfigured clients to be trying to connect to me constantly? What could possible go wrong!
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#6Perhaps the 42registry should try to get openDNS to support .42, that would certainly open up a MUCH larger amount of people that its available to, its also reasonably easy to change to using openDNS servers.
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#7So if my IP is XXX.XXX.XXX.42 I can expect misconfigured clients to be trying to connect to me constantly? What could possible go wrong!
Well, only if someone tries to go to http://XXX.XXX.XXX.42, which seems rare.
I can't think of a way to tell whether XXX.XXX.XXX.42 is an IP or a website from that string alone.
You could require that no subdomain has four "parts" (i.e., A.B.C.42), but that's harsh.
You could require that somewhere in the URL for a four-part numeric-TLD URL there be a character.
You could also require that at least one of the parts of A.B.C.D be XThe last two suggestions are more lighthanded, but harder to implement. They'd all rule out URLs like 1.2.3.4, though.
Quick, register your favorite sequence! (http://oeis.org/)
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#8> WHY we do it
> Because a numeric TLD is something new. As far as we know, it has never been tested out in the open. > Because it means being independent from ICANN, and we believe this to be an important aspect of the experiment. > Because we CAN. And "we" also means YOU. Technically, the experiment works. It is not officially endorsed by the powers that be, but it
Point 1 is pretty equivalent to #3 "because we can", I don't think we're running out of alphabetical TLDs so I don't get the purpose of the experiment (If it ain't broke...).
Point 2 I don't understand, why do you need a numerical TLD to be independent from ICANN? Why no go for ".foo"?
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#9Why 42. Most of the early would be hackers and geeks and a prime number would seem way better.
Re: .42: new experimental, all numeric top-level domain
#10Remember nic.d [0]? Its domain was 'nic.d,' a secret site was at '__._', and someone "registered" '☠.d' and '(>^_(7.)7'.
0: http://viewsourcecode.org/why/redhanded/cult/whoNicDOffWithT...