On Fri, 3 Jun 2022, Brian Dickson wrote:
If this increases the number of names that will break
search lists from 1487 to 1488, how much of a problem is this likely to be
in practice, which leads back to ...

If it was ONLY a progression of 1487->1488, it might not be that bad (but
again, that all depends on what number 1488 actually is.)

What it is actually is an exercise in survivorship bias.
Anyone who might have been impacted by any of the earlier rounds of
expansion, will (likely) have learned their lesson.
That lesson may depend on tribal knowledge, which might not be reliable
enough for any previous victim to not be re-victimized.

Unfortunately, now we've circled back to where we started. Remember that the NC in NCAP stands for Name Collision, and the whole point of the project is to figure out how risky it is to add familiar looking new names.

In the last round of TLD expansion they added over 1000 names but indefinitely deferred requests for .CORP .HOME and .MAIL which had well known existing uses. So now I'm scratching my head, what are they hoping to learn from this exercise that wouldn't be totally dominated by the choice of name? I'm tempted to suggest adding .BELKIN and see how many old routers fail.

Regards,
John Levine, jo...@taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
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