GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoThe Disappearance of an Internet Domainevery.toexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1307arrow-down16cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlplanetdyne@fed.dyne.orgunitedkingdom@feddit.uktechnology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1301arrow-down1external-linkThe Disappearance of an Internet Domainevery.toGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square85fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlplanetdyne@fed.dyne.orgunitedkingdom@feddit.uktechnology@beehaw.org
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months ago at least for the technology-related domains. It’s not a technology related domain though; it’s a country’s domain that happens to be used for a lot of tech. With the country dissolving, the domain does too, so it can become available for future countries.
minus-squarePrison Mike@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-22 months agoWouldn’t the country and domain dissolving mean it can be reassigned? I don’t understand why after that it would still be considered a country TLD only available for future countries.
minus-squareDarkassassin07@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-22 months agoBecause 2 letter tlds are reserved to be issued to countries. Ideally the country’s 2 letter country code. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all two-letter top-level domains are ccTLDs.
It’s not a technology related domain though; it’s a country’s domain that happens to be used for a lot of tech.
With the country dissolving, the domain does too, so it can become available for future countries.
Wouldn’t the country and domain dissolving mean it can be reassigned? I don’t understand why after that it would still be considered a country TLD only available for future countries.
Because 2 letter tlds are reserved to be issued to countries. Ideally the country’s 2 letter country code.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Country_code_top-level_domain