I noticed that https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt was updated yesterday,

But, as far as I can tell, nothing has changed other than the updated date.

Do #IANA just republish it most days?

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...

When you set up authoritative DNS servers for domains, do you try to have NSes in the same TLD zone to take advantage of Glue recors in the zone (e.g.: .net domain would use name servers under .net too), or intentionally use NSes in separate TLD zones (like major cloud vendors do) ignoring Glue records, but using separate TLDs (.com, .info, ccTLD, etc.) for supposed redundancy in case one TLD registry goes offline?

Or you do not care at all?

I understand the purpose of restricting cTLDs to people with connections to the respective countries... but man it would be super cool to have bry.ie

Man, so satisfying being motivated again! I came up with two idea for the game that I’m feeling really good about and shouldn’t be too difficult to implement (famous last words).

I also finally sat down to play a bit of the long dark for inspiration and the feeling it conveys is exactly what I’m looking for. The slow desperate search for anything and everything that will keep you alive to see one more day is so compelling to me.

In anticipation of the completion of ICANN policy activity for the New gTLD Program: Next Round, the Interisle team looked again at our 2024 Cybercrime Supply Chain study. Using the same data, we offer additional measurements, metrics and observations here to further inform ICANN and other policy makers as they consider policy for Round 2.

https://interisle.substack.com/p/icann-consider-cybercrime-data-before

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I‘m looking for a few domains for new projects right now and I’m wondering if I should avoid US-based registrars with their current government. I remember some .af-domains being shut down after the (very different kind of) government change there. Is this something I should consider, or are you just going with what sounds/works best? #domain #domains #tld

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It's a celebration day! I can finally transfer my last domain from #namecheap to #cloudflare because they support SHOP TLD now! Yay!
#domains #tld #domain

Ah! .fj going back to secure. A #TLD using ed25519, sounds like a first

Ping @jpmens

#DNSSEC

https://mastodns.net/@diffroot/114112383277192436

I'm guessing .irish is gearing up for St. Paddy's day? +1K new names since yesterday.

https://www.netmeister.org/tldstats/irish/

New spikes in #TLD registrations for .qpon (jumping from 391 about a month ago to 1,258 today) and .realty (jumping from 1,451 yesterday to 2,579 today). Both have been available to the public for some time. Looks like maybe some registars dropped prices for at least qpon (seeing <$3 advertized). ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

https://www.netmeister.org/tldstats/qpon/

https://www.netmeister.org/tldstats/realty/

Монополия .COM под угрозой? Как за 10 лет изменился мировой рынок доменов

Какие домены будут самыми популярными в будущем? Мы собрали ключевые цифры и проанализировали их, чтобы понять, куда движется рынок.

https://habr.com/ru/articles/882584/

Just to show how much of a effin disgrace the current #Slovak government is, this happened when they were in power the last time. Our national #tld got sold taken over by a foreign fake company.

Sorry for the medium post, but it was the only good article about it in English.

https://medium.com/@Oskar456/stolen-sk-domain-717e070f6735

Advice needed:

I want to buy a domain name to play with self-hosting but want one with a fairly consistent annual payment. So many seem to be cheap in year one and then 5-10x that in subsequent years.

Any recommendations for a reliable and non-exploitative registrar?

Thanks in advance

Früher, als es nur eine Hand voll Top Level Domains gab ...

Heute haben selbst viele Marken ihre eigene Domain.

Hm, es gibt UNICOM, aber kein UNICORN?
Apüh! :D

Dafür könnten zB Dresdner*innen nu.nu nutzen :' D

Edit: nu.nu ist schon vergeben (Weiterleitung)

https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt