"Once [the country code] IO is removed, the [Internet Assigned Numbers Authority] will refuse to allow any new registrations with a .io domain. It will also automatically begin the process of retiring existing ones. (There is no official count of the number of extant .io domains.)"

https://every.to/p/the-disappearance-of-an-internet-domain

via https://infosec.exchange/@jerry/113272637623967392

EDIT: See a note from @proactiveservices: https://fosstodon.org/@proactiveservices/113273992151197926

#internet #TheWeb #news #TLDs #domain #IO

The Disappearance of an Internet Domain

How geopolitics can alter digital infrastructure

^every.to

Adam Piggott

2024-10-08 21:45:52

@stefan I'm seeing a lot of people misunderstand the article you've linked here, with your toot being used as the basis for misinformation that #IO is definitely being retired. Might it be worth editing your post to clarify that it's currently only supposition?
https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/113272688091721874

Stefan Bohacek (@stefan@stefanbohacek.online)

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