• Virkkunen@fedia.io
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    22 days ago

    That is definitely how it works unless IANA creates an exception for the .io TLD and keeps it alive.

    • Keelhaul@sh.itjust.works
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      22 days ago

      Yeah, and even the .su (Soviet Union) domain still exists. There is no way that a TLD as popular as .io will not remain active.

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        21 days ago

        .su only exists because the ccTLD retirement policy wasn’t fully defined until recently.

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        21 days ago

        .su exists in spite of the policy of IANA, not because of them. The popularity of a ccTLD has no relevance to its continued existence.

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      22 days ago

      No, that is not how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA. It has sole authority, and it is not automatic is any way. There have been a total of two retired domains, one in like 95 and km 2000.

      They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.

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        21 days ago

        Yes, that is how the ccTLD is enforced by IANA.. And it is in fact an automatic process. There is a policy for requesting a single 5 year extension, but that extension request must be accompanied by a retirement plan, otherwise by policy the ccTLD has a 5 year grace period before being removed.

        They will not retire a domain under heavy use such as .io.

        Heavy use has not stopped them from attempting to retire other ccTLDs, it just delays the process.