21 Oct
2004
21 Oct
'04
2:07 p.m.
Which is short-sighted. What's the use of blocking only *existing* ccTLD codes, when nobody can foresee what new ccTLD codes may come to exist in the future? We've seen enough recent examples...
Okay, so block all two and three-letter SLDs, under the assumption that if they aren't already valid TLDs, they might become valid TLDs in the future. That would cause problems for ibm.eu, but would guarantee that you can prevent .com.eu from being registered (as one example).
I wouldn't go that far. I would block all 2-letter codes and the "historical" 3-letter codes. After all there's no rule for (new) generic TLD's. Piet