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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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