On Jun 17, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Jay Ashworth wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Joel Barnard" <jbarn...@nwic.ca> > >> I hope they've considered what will happen if you go to >> http://localhost/ or >> http://pcname/ >> >> Is that the local networks pcname, or the gTld pcname? >> Are we going to have to start using a specially reserved .local gTld? > > No, of *course* ICANN didn't give any engineering thought to it. Cause the > engineers? Are all *here*. And David Conrad's apparently the only guy > who's heard about it. :-)
I have seen many NANOG folks at ICANN meetings discussing this and also active on ALAC so David isn't the only guy. Also do a search on the list and you will find threads dating back. http://article.gmane.org/gmane.org.operators.nanog/56728/match=gTLDs Zaid
