Top-Level Domains That Are Already Dotless
Author(s) -
John Levine,
Paul Hoffman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
rfc
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.17487/rfc7085
Subject(s) - the internet , corporation , computer science , point (geometry) , order (exchange) , world wide web , computer security , internet privacy , business , mathematics , finance , geometry
Recent statements from the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) and theInternet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Securityand Stability Advisory Committee have focused on the problems that theDNS is likely to experience with top-level domains (TLDs) that containaddress records (so-called "dotless domains"). In order to helpresearchers determine the extent of the issues with dotless domains,this document lists the current dotless TLDs and gives a script forfinding them. This document lists data about dotless TLDs but does notaddress the policy and technology issues other than to point to thestatements of others.
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