Re: [DNSOP] [Ext] on private use TLDS: .interNAL -> .LAN

2024-01-27 Thread Paul Hoffman
Wearing my ICANN hat: When a topic is in a public comment period, it is very appropriate and appreciated for community members to send comments in, as Paul Marks has. Having a discussion on an external forum will have no effect on the public comment period because the comment from Paul Marks

Re: [DNSOP] on private use TLDS: .interNAL -> .LAN

2024-01-27 Thread Paul Marks
On Sat, Jan 27, 2024 at 8:33 PM Paul Wouters wrote: > > LAN implies local area network. So an organization with multiple locations > would have a LAN at each location, but the .LAN would be their collection of > LANs? I think that would lead to confusion. > > Paul There are non-commercial

Re: [DNSOP] on private use TLDS: .interNAL -> .LAN

2024-01-27 Thread John Levine
According to Paul Wouters : > >> On Jan 27, 2024, at 16:42, Paul Marks wrote: >> >>  pick .lan >> instead? It seems that a lot of people are already using this abbreviation >> on their internal >networks, which happen to be local in >> area. > >LAN implies local area network. So an

Re: [DNSOP] on private use TLDS: .interNAL -> .LAN

2024-01-27 Thread Paul Wouters
> On Jan 27, 2024, at 16:42, Paul Marks wrote: > >  pick .lan > instead? It seems that a lot of people are already using this abbreviation > on their internal networks, which happen to be local in > area. LAN implies local area network. So an organization with multiple locations would have

Re: [DNSOP] on private use TLDS: .interNAL -> .LAN

2024-01-27 Thread Paul Marks
I recently sent this idea to ICANN, but I'm curious if DNSOP finds it interesting. There is currently a proposal to reserve .internal for private use. I think this word is bureaucratically and semantically the right choice, but 8 characters is too many to type. So let's take .internal and