GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agoThe Disappearance of an Internet Domainevery.toexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1206arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkThe Disappearance of an Internet Domainevery.toGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square36fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.orgunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squareundefinedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 hours 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-up12·edit-213 hours 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.
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