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Remember `.su`, the ccTLD for the Soviet Union? Created in 1990, just 15 months before the USSR was dissolved and in ICANN limbo since, broadly used primarily for various sorts of cybercrime.
Now ICANN will finally move to retire the #TLD from the #DNS, targeting removal by 2030:
https://domainnamewire.com/2025/03/11/icann-moves-to-retire-soviet-era-su-country-domain-name/
Interestingly, ICANN moving forward with this could imply that they _will_ follow through on the removal of the `.io` #ccTLD should the return of the territory to Mauritius complete...
@jschauma Someone told me years ago that this TLD is quite popular as Domain for (internal) Microsoft Active Directory setups.
And what about the .dd TLD?
@quux
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/.dd?wprov=sfla1
"Diese TLD wurde jedoch nur intern in einem isolierten Netz der Universitäten Jena, Dresden und vermutlich Rostock verwendet – von außen war die DDR zu keinem Zeitpunkt über eine .dd-Adresse erreichbar."
@jschauma
@jschauma Different vibe in https://domainincite.com/30895-no-timeline-to-retire-soviet-union-from-the-dns ; the plan seems to be already indefinitely postponed.
@jschauma can’t wait for it
@jschauma So .io will then get removed in 35 years.