I'll restate then, that an ICANN mandate could, in theory, change
overnight and require client-side code changes to be able to register
the domains. (RFC's require a little more effort).
Let the software reject it on the basis of it being taken.
Does this portion of the code differentiate between .com and .co.uk
(e.g., could I register x.co.uk without the software complaining,
since ICANN has nothing to do with .uk?)
D
At 3:08 PM -0400 9/27/00, Charles Daminato wrote:
>Maybe it's not an RFC but an ICANN mandate... I do know I read it
>somewhere....
>
>Charles Daminato
>OpenSRS Support Manager
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Derek J. Balling wrote:
>
>> Not meaning to sound ignorant, but I just can't find it.
>>
>> What RFC says that two-letter domains are verboten?
>>
>> D
>>
>> At 2:14 PM -0400 9/27/00, Charles Daminato wrote:
>> >Until such time as the RFC is changed to allow single letter domain names,
>> >the client will likely stay as is :)
>> >
>> >Charles Daminato
>> >OpenSRS Support Manager
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >
>> >On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Derek J. Balling wrote:
>> >
>> >> I think his issue is that the software shouldn't reject them as a
>> >> special case, but rather it should reject them as taken.
>> >>
>> >> i.e., if at 2 a.m. this morning, in a surprise announcement ICANN
>> >> gave up the single-letter domains and released them to the pool, the
>> >> software shouldn't reject them out of hand simply because the
>> >> software "knows" they're taken.
>> >>
>> >> D
>> >> (who would like to see X, the paypal folks, file a UDRP against ICANN
>> >> for not surrendering x.com, since they're not holding it in good
>> >> faith, and are cybersquatting on it)
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> At 11:51 AM -0400 9/27/00, Charles Daminato wrote:
>> >> >Single letter domain names are reserved by ICANN so you
>>cannot attempt to
>> >> >register them (even though some are actually taken).
>> >> >
>> >> >Charles Daminato
>> >> >OpenSRS Support Manager
>> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> >
>> >> >On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, Jeremy Bettis wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> When I attempt a registration of a.com I get this error:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Invalid domain syntax for a.com (Invalid domain format (try
>> >> >>something similar to "yourname.com")
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Shouldn't I get the error: "Domain already reserved"? I know that
>> >> >>these are all taken, but they are legal domain names, for instance
>> >> >>x.com is a real site.
>> > > >> --
>> > > >> Jeremy Bettis -- Hickman-Kenyon Systems, Inc.
>> > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > > >>
>> > >
>> > >
>>
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