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Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist by voytec on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:14PM (#42257705)
Two-char TLDs are a special case and are bound to a country. And this rule works both ways - Soviet Union wanted .ussr and was given .su
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Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist by Nullabillity on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:19PM (#42257762)
.su also still exists, despite its backing country having gone under over 30 years ago.
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Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist by p4bl0 on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:38PM (#42257933)
Because the country disappeared before that rules was set in place.
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Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist by voytec on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @12:56PM (#42258106)
Yup. IANA dind't have ccTLD retiring procedures yet, when Soviet Union collapsed in 1990. But would they want to, they could delist it at any point. IANA holds the registry for all TLDs and - that's extreme and unlikely - could delist .ru, .ir or .kp at any moment.
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Re:.an, the TLD that ceased to exist by Arnt on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @04:09PM (#42259804)
The WLAN password at ICANN meetings is oneworldoneinternet. Keeping the net together needs continuous peacekeeping effort.

ICANN could delist in theory, that peacekeeping makes it impractical.

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