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submitted 8 months ago by thejevans@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/11820406

Do not use 2 letter country TLDs!

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[-] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 84 points 8 months ago

I have nothing to add other than that's an amazing instance name lol

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 61 points 8 months ago

That's some perfect irony. A queer instance using the Afghanistan domain.

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 22 points 8 months ago

And this was probably inevitable.

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

Yeah but now it's owned by the Taliban meaning the queer is coming from inside the house.

Gottem.

[-] AtmaJnana@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Always has been. Bacha bazi is still common in Afghanistan.

[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 40 points 8 months ago
[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 39 points 8 months ago

The irony of this being crossposted from ML.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 17 points 8 months ago

Oh I'm fully aware haha, and the article is on a CO site. At the time I made my account, lemmy.ml seemed to be the best option, even with the poor TLD choice.

[-] HarkMahlberg@kbin.social 14 points 8 months ago

Oh I'm not giving you grief, I just think it's funny.

the article is on a CO site

🤌

[-] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 8 months ago

I'm honestly surprised how long it took. As soon as I saw the server's domain I thought, "that's not going to go over well in Afghanistan." I didn't realize that the Taliban just hadn't gotten around to reviewing their TLD yet.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 14 points 8 months ago

What's wrong with 2 letter country TLDs?

.uk .de .us .nl etc all seem like okay candidates

[-] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 23 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They used .af because in modern english, "af" stands for "as fuck"

As in "queer. As fuck", meaning VERY queer

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 15 points 8 months ago

The problem is who controls them. The government of each country can decide at any moment that they want to take control of their TLD and remove any sites that they don't like. It's just not good practice if you want your site to stick around.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 5 points 8 months ago

Right. So how do you differentiate between the 2-letters ones and 3+? Each TLD can have domains requisitiioned by a government, even if its indirect through ICANN.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago

ICANN is certainly not perfect, but there is a difference between the automatic control that countries have over their ccTLD and the control they have through ICANN.

[-] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 1 points 8 months ago

The US regularly seize domains, even those with foreign registrars. I don't feel that any tld is immune from this. Sure there are some TLDs more at risk than others, like .af being in control of the Taliban, but I'd also say US controlled TLDs are not the least at risk.

Some interesting articles about this

https://www.securityweek.com/country-specific-web-domains-cant-be-seized-icann/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_In_Our_Sites

https://www.wired.com/2012/03/feds-seize-foreign-sites/

[-] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago
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