thoughts for a fake domain

[Kevin Darcy]

Last I heard, it was $50,000, not $10,000. Is ICANN having a Blue Light Special
on TLD requests?


- Kevin

Jimi Thompson wrote:

> Considering that it requires a $10,000 application fee to REQUEST a TLD from
> ICANN, I'd call that a draw back.  If you want to test, why don't you create
> a VLAN with it's own DNS.
>
> Kenneth Porter <shiva at well.com> wrote in message
> news:99uork$fn0 at pub3.rc.vix.com...
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 15:42:52 +0100, Jim Reid wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>> "Roy" == Roy Arends <Roy.Arends at nominum.com> writes:
> > >
> > >    Roy> If you want to be sure that you choose an unused domain, try
> > >    Roy> being your own tld.
> > >
> > >If someone's going to do that, they should pick a TLD that doesn't
> > >exist and probably never will exist. RFC2606 -- Reserved Top Level DNS
> > >Names -- has some recommendations on this.
> >
> > That RFC defines these names:
> >
> > >".test" is recommended for use in testing of current or new DNS
> > >related code.
> > >
> > >".example" is recommended for use in documentation or as examples.
> > >
> > >".invalid" is intended for use in online construction of domain names
> > >that are sure to be invalid and which it is obvious at a glance are
> > >invalid.
> > >
> > >The ".localhost" TLD has traditionally been statically defined in
> > >host DNS implementations as having an A record pointing to the loop
> > >back IP address and is reserved for such use. Any other use would
> > >conflict with widely deployed code which assumes this use.
> >
> > None of the four sound like good candidates for a good TLD for use on a
> > company internal LAN for real use. Two names that come to mind are
> > ".private" and ".lan". Has any effort been made to reserve a TLD for
> > this, similar in spirit to the blocks of private non-routable IP
> > addresses?
> >
> > On a somewhat related not, what are the downsides of using a subdomain
> > of one's real public domain, and setting the delegation records to
> > point to private non-routable IP addresses of name servers on the LAN?
> > (One that comes to mind is that it advertises the location of the
> > internal name servers to any cracker who makes it into the LAN.)
> >
> > Ken
> > mailto:shiva at well.com
> > http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/
> > [If answering a mailing list posting, please don't cc me your reply. I'll
> take my answer on the list.]
> >
> >
> >
> >