[AusNOG] [Fwd: [dns-operations] dotless domains]

[Lloyd Wood]

If the trailing dot indicating 'root server' after the top level-domain was universally enforced and used, distinguishing between local servers in your domain and global domains would be a non-problem.


 
Lloyd Wood
lloyd.wood at yahoo.co.uk
http://sat-net.com/L.Wood



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 From: hannah commodore <hannah at tinfoilhat.net>
To: "ausnog at ausnog.net" <ausnog at ausnog.net> 
Sent: Friday, 21 September 2012, 9:07
Subject: Re: [AusNOG] [Fwd: [dns-operations] dotless domains]
 

I've already been bit by this. 
My home server us named io, and the .io ccTLD has an A record. When my search list isn't set, I end up there :(

On 21/09/2012, at 7:55, Noel Butler <noel.butler at ausics.net> wrote:


More ICANN nuttyness for those of you who are not aware.
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>From: Paul Vixie 
>To: DNS Operations
>Subject: [dns-operations] dotless domains
>Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:01:55 +0000
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>gentlefolk, i call your attention to this: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/sac053-dotless-domains-24aug12-en.htm i've already explained as best i can: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20110620_domain_names_without_dots/ but the icann call for comments remains open, and i urge you to let your
voices be heard there. paul 
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