Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain

Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by xg15 on Sunday April 12, 2015 @07:03PM (#9365070)

So, does this mean, I can buy com.uk and edu.uk now?

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by Yelwis on Sunday April 12, 2015 @07:37PM (#9365157)

    Error for "com.uk".

    This domain cannot be registered because it contravenes the Nominet UK
    naming rules.  The reason is:
      third-level domains may not be identical to a top-level domain.

    WHOIS lookup made at 00:32:52 13-Apr-2015

But edu.uk is available for the owner of edu.co.uk.

Other 2-3 letter domains seem to have been squatted (I tried several ISO codes and some newer generic TLDs).

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by gabeio on Sunday April 12, 2015 @08:20PM (#9365266)

You could buy e.uk and catch typos like <college>.e.uk with the same page!

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by mizzao on Sunday April 12, 2015 @10:38PM (#9365687)

It's ac.uk for "academic".

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by gabeio on Sunday April 12, 2015 @10:54PM (#9365735)

then *.a.uk

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Re:Is it an accident? No, it's a wildcard subdomain by nattofriends on Sunday April 12, 2015 @10:44PM (#9365705)

You would fool no one because the UK uses *.ac.uk for academic institutions.

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