Re: ISO 2-letter codes for concultures

On 13 Feb 02, at 15:53, John Cowan wrote:

> Kvasir - Vaijskä wrote:
>
> > But the actual country code for Fyksland would be .vk (Vaijskä)
> > Was thinking about claiming the .vk as my own but again i don't wanna pay nor
> > do I have the technology to hold a server...  :o)
>
> Unfortunately, you have to be a UN-recognized country or remote
> territory to get a 2-letter top-level domain.  There is no one to pay.
Well, you could set up an alternate root server which can serve any top-
level domain you want... but then users who want to use those new
domains need a plugin for their browsers or otherwise have to modify
the DNS entries, so it's not for everyone.

Some people have tried something like that, but as far as I can tell,
it hasn't really caught on. (Though they didn't want conculture domains
but something like .shop or .xxx or whatever.)

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>