- cross-posted to:
- furiouslyinfuriating@sh.itjust.works
- gamedev_news@programming.dev
- cross-posted to:
- furiouslyinfuriating@sh.itjust.works
- gamedev_news@programming.dev
Bluesky Post (this was also posted on twitter)
I was hoping to find a statement from the aggressor, but it seems to be too early.
It probably won’t be.
Not only is the agreement between the UK and Mauritius on the brink of collapsing (bizarrely, the UK is trying to get rid of territory and Mauritius doesn’t particularly want it very much), but there’s so much reliance on the .io domain that it’s unlikely to be removed.
Especially because tech giants like Google, Microsoft, and Apple make use of it.
ICANN is pretty strict about this following some complications that happened back in the 90’s . No country, no country code, no domain. No matter who, no matter what.
.io will be removed from a country code and over to a cosmetic domain like .sex
It’s really not that complicated
That would make it the only 2 letter non country code top level domain. And could also cause issues if another country is later assigned io as it’s 2 letter country code by ISO
No, it would make it the second 2 letter non country code top level domain. .su is the other.
No it would be the first. .su is still considered a CCTLD http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/su.html
And so could .io
It’s unlikely as ICANN has said that it will retire the domain if io is removed from ISO 3166-1 https://www.icann.org/en/blogs/details/the-chagos-archipelago-and-the-io-domain-14-11-2024-en
All this says is there is “likely” to be a consultation and changes “may” be made.
Though they have made odd decisions before. IO is generic and widely-used enough that it doesn’t seem implausible that they might change it to not be tied to the Indian Ocean territories.
I mean,
.sustill exists.That is the event that icann uses as it’s reason to be strict about it.
And so do Soviet Union too. /s
The only thing you can rely on from ICANN is that they will do whatever is most profitable for their board members.
I will take it