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TLDRLegal - Software Licenses Summarized in Plain English
2012 Jul 3, 6:39Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.
draft-liman-tld-names-06 - Top Level Domain Name Specification
2011 Dec 4, 3:00“The syntax for allowed Top-Level Domain (TLD) labels in the Domain Name System (DNS) is not clearly applicable to the encoding of Internationalised Domain Names (IDNs) as TLDs. This document provides a concise specification of TLD label syntax based on existing syntax documentation, extended minimally to accommodate IDNs.” Still irritated about arbitrary TLDs.
IDN TLD Update
2010 May 6, 5:48New IDN TLDs are up. Try out http://xn----rmckbbajlc6dj7bxne2c.xn--wgbh1c/ (aka http://وزارة-الأتصالات.مصر/) in your favorite IDN implementing browser.The WHATWG Blog - Blog Archive - This Week in HTML 5 - Episode 20
2009 Feb 3, 11:15"r2719 specifies that browsers should not allow scripts to set document.domain to anything on the Public Suffix List, such as "com" or "co.jp". Essential background reading on why this is dangerous: Untraceable XSS Attacks. Most browsers already block this attack, e.g. Firefox since 3.0. [Background: Re: Setting document.domain]"New Domain Names Put Name Brands in a Bind - WSJ.com
2008 Nov 5, 9:43Proposed new arbitrary TLDs are super expensive. As it turns out large companies have to buy their name on every new TLD to avoid potential fraud.Re: [DNSOP] Public Suffix List
2008 Sep 10, 1:32Discussion on IETF DNS mailing list about Mozilla's Public Suffix list and what they should do ultimately. "I'm inclined to suggest: Gather and hard-code your list into Firefox, and also provide a mechanism by which domain authorities can publish information which overrides your list for their domain."GNSO Final Report Part A - August 2007
2008 Jul 22, 10:58"ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organisation - Final Report: Introduction of New Generic Top-Level Domains".confusion: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs
2008 Jun 26, 5:11I see a flood of bugs I have to fix in the distance..."If approved, registering the TLD will cost anywhere from $100,000 to $500,000, ICANN says, and the business or organization must prove that they are either capable of managing the TLD or can reach a dICANN | On Its Way: One of the Biggest Changes to the Internet
2007 Oct 11, 12:11ICANN plans to support non-US-ASCII top level domain names. I wonder how broken web browser's security measures are about to become.Gecko:Effective TLD Service - MozillaWiki
2007 May 22, 7:53Thoughts on determining the effective TLD of a hostname from Mozillaland.Business Networks Inc. (http://www.bn.ca)
2006 Mar 22, 1:27Example of a valid domain name with a two two letter domain name labels. "ca" is the country TLD label and is also the domain in this case.TandartsenPagina.be - een betaalbare website voor tandartsen (http://org.be)
2006 Mar 22, 1:25Example of a valid domain name with a well known TLD ("org") followed by a two letter country TLD ("be"). The domain in this case should be "be".
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