Adam431 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agoThe .io domain might be in troubletalepunk.comexternal-linkmessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down116cross-posted to: world@quokk.aunews@hexbear.networld@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.orgnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.netlegalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.net
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkThe .io domain might be in troubletalepunk.comAdam431 to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours agomessage-square44fedilinkcross-posted to: world@quokk.aunews@hexbear.networld@lemmy.worldeurope@feddit.orgnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.netlegalnews@lemmy.ziptechnology@hexbear.net
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down4·4 hours ago That means the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist, along with the .io domain and countless websites. That is most definitely not how it works.
minus-squareVirkkunen@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up28arrow-down1·3 hours agoThat is definitely how it works unless IANA creates an exception for the .io TLD and keeps it alive.
minus-squareKeelhaul@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 hours agoYeah, and even the .su (Soviet Union) domain still exists. There is no way that a TLD as popular as .io will not remain active.
minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 hours agoNo, that is not how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA. It has sole authority, and it is not automatic is any way. There have been a total of two retired domains, one in like 95 and km 2000. They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.
minus-squaremajestictechie@lemmy.fosshost.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 hours agoGiven how popular these domains are with large tech companies, I can’t see it going away
That is most definitely not how it works.
That is definitely how it works unless IANA creates an exception for the .io TLD and keeps it alive.
Yeah, and even the .su (Soviet Union) domain still exists. There is no way that a TLD as popular as .io will not remain active.
No, that is not how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA. It has sole authority, and it is not automatic is any way. There have been a total of two retired domains, one in like 95 and km 2000.
They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.
Given how popular these domains are with large tech companies, I can’t see it going away