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The bq-- prefix of the RACE encoded domains might change in the future.
So maybe or maybe not. It all depends on the root registry.
Cheers
Paul
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Dont worry Marge.
Trying is the first step to failure
-- Homer J. Simpson
On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, John Keegan wrote:
> Bob and Paul,
>
> Thanks for confirming this. If a bq-- domain works now, it was registered
> improperly. If it doesn't work (resolve), it was registered properly. That's
> the clarification I'd been looking for.
>
> The real question is, will it make a difference in the future? What would
> prevent these "improperly" registered domains from eventually being used as
> mlds? How will the character set info contained in the registry info matter?
> Will it be possible to convert a "bad" domain into a properly registered
> mld? If so, then it would seem that all those domains which were registered
> prior to the opening of mld service by Verisign were on to something, other
> than just blocking the registration of the good names.
>
> --
> John Keegan
> john@RackShare.com
> http://RackShare.com
>
>
> > From: "Merlin" <robert@chalmers.com.au>
> > Organization: Quantum Radio
> > Reply-To: "Merlin" <robert@chalmers.com.au>
> > Date: Sat, 2 Dec 2000 15:20:47 +1000
> > To: "Paul Khavkine" <paul@inet-interactive.com>
> > Cc: "Charles Daminato" <chuck@tucows.com>, "John Keegan" <john@rackshare.com>,
> > <dev-list@opensrs.org>
> > Subject: Re: mlds and nameserver modification
> >
> > That's right. I forgot about that bit. I was basing my story on my local
> > server. Where of course it is all visible.
> >
> > A whois shows it up of course, but a traceroute ( which looks at the root
> > servers ) from France to here, fails. As it should.
>
>
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