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ICANN to Incorporate TLDs Already In-use?
An anonymous reader asks: "I recently found an article at cnn.com about ICANN considering new top level domains. Some of the proposed TLDs have already been introduced by YOUCANN such as .xxx and have been available to the public at select registrars such as new.net for quite some time. If ICANN incorporates already existing TLDs how will this impact those who have already registered for domain on these TLDs? What implications does this have and how will the ramifications impact how businesses view and utilize the web?"
I don't understand YouCANN. Do they want everyone sitting around making up their own TLD's? Wouldn't that create a big mess?
I must concur with the AC post eariler, even repeat it word for word to make the point, Karma be damned.
New.Net must die. Their "special DNS software" has sneaked into and completely screwed up thousands of windows systems. Having this crapware sneak onto your system is one thing, but having it corrupt your TCP/IP stack so you can't fix the problem -- manually, or with AdAware or SpyBot Search&Destroy -- is quite another.
I would have pointed you to this link [cexx.org] at cexx.org for info on how scummy new.net is, but if you visit it you'll see that new.net's scumball lawyers forced them to take it down! Instead, see this link for new.net info & removal instructions [spyany.com].
In summary: FUCK NEW.NET!
The root nameservers have no inherent authority. The nameserver administrators elsewhere give them that authority.
Wonder how many people use OpenNIC? I for one do, partially because my ISP's dns servers are constantly down.
True genius is grasping a situation like a peice of fruit, and peircing it just right so that it drains dry.
If you want to access new.net domains on linux, you have to add new.net to the search string in your resolv.conf file.. On windows, you can either use their special software, or use an ISP which they are partnered with.. This is not the definition of a registrar in my book..