Re: [SLE] Obtaining Web Address
Jon Pennington wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, John P Carroll wrote:
What is the proper source for a US citizen to obtain a web address? What are the limitations and advantages to various suffixes other than .com (.net, .org)?
Contact the ISP that you plan on hosting your domain about this. They probably have a preferred registrar. As far as limitations and advantages, there are no limitations (except for .gov), but the advantage is proper marketing.
.com - Commercial Site .org - Non-Profit Organization .net - Network Service Providers (ISPs, backbones) .gov - Government Agency .edu - Educational Institute
I was under the impression that: .com was for multinational corporations .org was for international organisations .net was for international networks .int was for international governing bodies, etc. and so on for top level domains. And then after that everything was split into the .de, .nl, .uk, .us, etc. country domains (no offence if I've missed your country out!). The problem is that InterNic made a botch job of controlling who got what domain, so we've ended up in the mess that we're in. The top level .com, .net, etc. domains are *meant* to be for *international* companies/organisations/institutions, while country specifics go in the country domains. It's a shame that we in the US seem to be assuming the big top-level domains belong to us, e.g. that the .com domain is for *US* commercial organisations, when in fact we should be using the .com.us domain for 'Bubba's Cycle Store' in Smallville, Wyoming, not bubbacycles.com... Just my 0.02. Jack B. -- Jack Beaton jack_beaton@hotmail.com ** Linux - feel the power! ** ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Jack Beaton wrote:
It's a shame that we in the US seem to be assuming the big top-level domains belong to us, e.g. that the .com domain is for *US* commercial organisations, when in fact we should be using the .com.us domain for 'Bubba's Cycle Store' in Smallville, Wyoming, not bubbacycles.com...
Actually, if you wanted to hold everyone to that, bubbacycles.co.us. There is no real regulation, though. To counterpoint another post on this thread, if I sold encyclopedias, I could get a .edu domain. Or, had I the proper contacts in, say, Tonesia, I could get bubbabooks.edu.to. It's only a matter of money; and I don't necessarily mean under-the-table money. One of the worst (while also the best) things about the internet is that nobody owns it. There is no single party responsible for regulating domain names. If one registrar denies you the domain you want, and it's not in use or is for sale, simply find another registrar. -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x107 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
At 02:52 PM 2/25/00 -0800, Jack Beaton wrote:
I was under the impression that: .com was for multinational corporations .org was for international organisations .net was for international networks .int was for international governing bodies, etc. and so on for top level domains.
That's a more mistaken impression than the people who think ORG is for non-profit organizations. If you can cite an RFC that specifically excludes "single-nation" companies/etc., I'd be impressed. Remember that -- AT THE TIME IT ALL STARTED -- InterNIC was a US Government-Funded entity. I highly doubt InterNIC was funded by the US to register domains for the world.
And then after that everything was split into the .de, .nl, .uk, .us, etc. country domains (no offence if I've missed your country out!).
Each ccTLD was given to each country "to do with as they saw fit", but there was no exclusionary issues (at least in no RFC I've ever read) that said that if you were a "single-country" presence you were restricted to your ccTLD.
The top level .com, .net, etc. domains are *meant* to be for *international* companies/organisations/institutions, while country specifics go in the country domains.
Cite the RFC please.
It's a shame that we in the US seem to be assuming the big top-level domains belong to us, e.g. that the .com domain is for *US* commercial organisations, when in fact we should be using the .com.us domain for 'Bubba's Cycle Store' in Smallville, Wyoming, not bubbacycles.com...
.COM is for ANY commercial orgnization, according to what I've read in RFC's. If you can document otherwise, please do so. And there is no .COM.US SLD. You would have to BUBBACYCLES.BUBBAS-CITY.NY.US, and if Bubba expanded and opened another shop in NEIGHBOR-CITY, then he would have to have TWO domains, adding BUBBACYCLES.NEIGHBOR-CITY.NY.US. Blame InterNIC and NSI where appropriate, but the .US domain got fscked over all on its own by poor management. Luckily, there's no "int'l only" mandate for the primary TLD's (COM/NET/ORG), although there are Int'l requirements for .INT ... D -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/
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