Dots without a point - for and against
Recently, ICANN has repeatedly received requests to allow access to domain names without using a dot. Technically, this has already been implemented - the resource records A, AAAA and MX are provided in the DNS system, allowing you to use domain names without a dot, but this feature is now disabled. Therefore, on August 24, ICANN held a meeting of the Consultative Commission on Internet Stability Issues (SSAC), and comments from the public on this issue were received until September 24.
Mainly applicants for their own top-level domains, in particular Tim Switzer from DotGreen, expressed themselves in support of domains without points. It was the future owners of new gTLDs that promoted the idea of domains without dots - it is in their interests that the user gets to their site by typing in the address bar only one word, without additional characters. Nick Steinbeck from Name.com and Randy Bush find technical difficulties exaggerated. They note that many modern applications and protocols can easily use names without dots, and other programs, including browsers, will have to adapt to change sooner or later if their creators do not want to lose customers. Over time, the growing popularity of domains without points.
But almost all Internet security experts spoke out strongly against the introduction of domains without dots. Most browsers will not perceive such names properly - they will perceive them as a name on the local network or a search query. Also, there will be problems with mail - SMTP and other protocols currently used will not be able to process domains without a dot. Even if you do not go into the technical details, it is hardly worth reworking all the programs and changing users' perception of domain names only to make the use of a period unnecessary.
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Following the meeting, the SSAC banned the use of domains without points for security purposes, but it is likely that this decision will be revised at the request of the community of applicants for new top-level domains.
Mainly applicants for their own top-level domains, in particular Tim Switzer from DotGreen, expressed themselves in support of domains without points. It was the future owners of new gTLDs that promoted the idea of domains without dots - it is in their interests that the user gets to their site by typing in the address bar only one word, without additional characters. Nick Steinbeck from Name.com and Randy Bush find technical difficulties exaggerated. They note that many modern applications and protocols can easily use names without dots, and other programs, including browsers, will have to adapt to change sooner or later if their creators do not want to lose customers. Over time, the growing popularity of domains without points.
But almost all Internet security experts spoke out strongly against the introduction of domains without dots. Most browsers will not perceive such names properly - they will perceive them as a name on the local network or a search query. Also, there will be problems with mail - SMTP and other protocols currently used will not be able to process domains without a dot. Even if you do not go into the technical details, it is hardly worth reworking all the programs and changing users' perception of domain names only to make the use of a period unnecessary.
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Following the meeting, the SSAC banned the use of domains without points for security purposes, but it is likely that this decision will be revised at the request of the community of applicants for new top-level domains.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/152129/
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