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- From: o.CRepin-leblond@ic.ac.UK (Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond)
- Subject: Re: Top level domains (was Re: Mixed format addresses)
- Message-ID: <9301111109.AA26432@cscmgb.cc.ic.ac.uk>
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- Organization: Imperial College, London, UK.
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 11:09:51 GMT
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- >From: djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel)
- >Subject: Re: Top level domains (was Re: Mixed format addresses)
- >Message-ID: <bKjTrAfPBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au>
- >Date: Fri, 8 Jan 93 21:04:11 +1100
- >
- >In <9301061622.AA26985@cscmgb.cc.ic.ac.uk> o.CRepin-leblond@ic.ac.UK (Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Olivier M.J. writes:
- >>.gov is a field that can be used internationally. I know for sure
- >>that .gov is used in Canada as a top level domain. abs.gov is
- >>hence possible since .gov means "Governments of some kind, all
- >>over the world".
- >
- >Aha. So it's not arrogant, just stupid. (Lumping all governmental
- >agencies all over the world into one flat name space sounds pretty
- >stupid IMHO.) However, stupid would be more forgivable because it
- >may just mean that they didn't think this through in the early days.
- >
- [...]
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- >Does the same apply to MIL? If so, what is INT for?
-
- As far as I know until now only the US military has used MIL as a
- top level domain. However geographically speaking, MIL is present
- in countries other than USA due to the presence of US bases in
- foreign countries.
-
- INT is the International Field. It is currently used only by NATO.
-
- Cheers,
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- Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond, Digital Comms. Section, Elec. Eng. Department
- Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London SW7 2BT, UK
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