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>I can not see what can possibly be objectionable about the mere
>publicizing of the fact that IANA long ago reserved these three second
>level domain names for use as examples and it happens that they are
>still so reserved. Neither we nor the DNSIND working group reserved
>them. We didn't even say whether we thought it was a good idea also I
>suppose to some extent that is implied by publicizing them. We
>certainly didn't state or claim any kind of policy that any additional
>second level domain names should be reserved or that even the one
>second level label "example" should be reserved in any other top level
>domain names.
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>Donald
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>>Donald E. Eastlake & Aliza R. Panitz wrote:
>>(http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dnsind-test-tlds-12.txt)
>>> To safely satisfy these needs, four domain names are reserved as
>>> listed and described below.
>>>
>>> .test
>>> .example
>>> .invalid
>>> .localhost
>>>
>>
>> I have no problem reserving these top level domains.
>> There may even be more that should usefully be held
>> for other uses. However when Eastlake and Panitz wrote:
>>
>>> The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) also currently has
>>> the following second level domain names reserved which can be used
>>> as examples.
>>>
>>> example.com
>>> example.net
>>> example.org
>>
>> They overstepped the line. Secondary domain names are
>> *not* appropriately managed from the Macro level or on
>> a global basis. Every Domain Name Services Provider must
>> determine it's own general policy in this respects.
>> Under this line of reasoning they will be suggesting
>> other words, naughty or not, will be forbidden. No way.
>>
>> Bob Allisat
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