MEDIA: ICANN rejects .xxx domain

Thu May 11 19:48:50 UTC 2006

So ICANN did come to their senses finally and prevented another collission
in balkan namespace :)

; <<>> DiG 9.1.3 <<>> -t any XXX @TLD2.NEWDOTNET.NET
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 34062
;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 3, AUTHORITY: 2, ADDITIONAL: 2

;; QUESTION SECTION:
;XXX.                           IN      ANY

;; ANSWER SECTION:
XXX.                    7200    IN      NS      tld1.newdotnet.net.
XXX.                    7200    IN      NS      tld2.newdotnet.net.
XXX.                    86400   IN      SOA     ns0.newdotnet.net. hostmaster.new.net. 1147374001 86400 300 15000000 600

;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
XXX.                    7200    IN      NS      tld1.newdotnet.net.
XXX.                    7200    IN      NS      tld2.newdotnet.net.

;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
tld1.newdotnet.net.     604800  IN      A       66.151.57.201
tld2.newdotnet.net.     604800  IN      A       64.211.63.138

;; Query time: 232 msec
;; SERVER: 64.211.63.138#53(TLD2.NEWDOTNET.NET)
;; WHEN: Thu May 11 21:40:08 2006
;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 187

Thankyou ICANN for your continued support of alternative roots.

Cheers
Peter and Karin Dambier

william(at)elan.net wrote:
> 
> 
> http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-10may06.htm
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 08:46:40 -0400
> From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
> To: ip at v2.listbox.com
> Subject: [IP] ICANN rejects .xxx domain
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> As reported in:
> 
> http://abcnews.go.com/Business/print?id=1947950
> 
> ICANN has reversed their earlier preliminary approval, and has now
> rejected the "dot-xxx" adult materials top-level domain.  I applaud
> this wise decision by ICANN, which should simultaneously please both
> anti-porn and free speech proponents, where opposition to the TLD
> has been intense, though for totally disparate reasons.
> 
> Nick's AP piece referenced above notes that there are still
> Congressional efforts to mandate such a TLD.  It is important
> to work toward ensuring that these do not gain traction.
> 
> --Lauren--
> Lauren Weinstein
> lauren at vortex.com or lauren at pfir.org
> Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
> http://www.pfir.org/lauren
> Co-Founder, PFIR
>    - People For Internet Responsibility - http://www.pfir.org
> Co-Founder, IOIC
>    - International Open Internet Coalition - http://www.ioic.net
> Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
> Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
> Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
> DayThink: http://daythink.vortex.com
> 
> 

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