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minus-squarePrison Mike@links.hackliberty.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-23 months 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-up16·edit-23 months 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