Js.org Subdomains for GitHub Pages

[JDDunn9]

http://dns.js.org/

[colinprince]

from the terms.html:

JS.ORG may also terminate the provision of a certain or all subdomains. Concerned users will be notified at least 7 days in advance by an issue in their GitHub repository

[trothamel → colinprince]

I don't know how much a two-letter domain is worth, but I suspect it's a lot. Trusting the current owner is fine, but should something happen to him, the domain might be considered an asset to be sold off, at which point hosting will end.

[lukebennett]

I've often thought a .js TLD would be useful but given it would be dependent on a new country being formed and taking that as its ISO country code, I guess it's unlikely.

So perhaps this is the next best thing. Though would be nice to have a bit more transparency about who is behind it.

[pavlov → lukebennett]

It doesn't have to be an independent country, autonomous regions also get 2-letter TLDs.

So all it takes is for Brazil to declare Jaraguá do Sul [1] an autonomous city-state. The local government can then apply for the .js TLD and start getting rich by selling domains to developers. Simple as pie!

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaraguá_do_Sul

[echaozh → pavlov]

Speak of JS, Jiangsu in China is also an option.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiangsu

[JDDunn9 → pavlov]

What about micronations? Buy an island, declare independence, get a TLD.

[petercooper → JDDunn9]

Unfortunately it requires becoming party to the International Court of Justice which requires Security Council approval. This is why Sealand doesn't have a TLD.

[just_bytecode → lukebennett]

The two things I hear from HN about new gTLDs are that they're a pointless cash grab and that it would be really nice to have a .js domain for javascript projects.

[catshirt → lukebennett]

"given it would be dependent on a new country being formed and taking that as its ISO country code, I guess it's unlikely"

is that true anymore?

[lukebennett → catshirt]

I think so - ICANN prohibit the creation of 2-letter TLDs. From http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/customer-service/faq...:

2.12 Can a New gTLD name be 2 letters?

Applied-for gTLD strings in ASCII must be composed of three or more visually distinct characters. Two-character ASCII strings are not permitted, to avoid conflicting with current and future country-codes based on the ISO 3166-1 standard.

[catshirt → lukebennett]

ah, right ok. thanks!

[niix]

I think a js.org email would be pretty rad also.

[rattray]

Thanks, anonymous hero... actually, who owns/provides this? The only credit I can see is for the web design.

[switch007 → rattray]

http://dns.js.org/legals.html is linked under the title 'Impressum/Legals' and has owner details (as required by German law, I believe)

[zuck9 → rattray]

Stefan Keim: https://github.com/indus

Source: https://github.com/js-org

[rattray → zuck9]

Cool, thanks for finding that. And thank you, Stefan!

[laurent123456 → rattray]

I wonder how they managed to get such a short domain name, I thought 3 characters was the minimum. And it must cost quite a lot.

[Buge → laurent123456]

It's actually easy to get a 2 character name if you are willing to use an obscure tld.

I own http://0k.nu and I just regularly registered it.

I also own http://π.pw and http://ಠ.com .

[ipp → laurent123456]

There's a lot of 2-letter domains: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_dom...

Single-letter domains for .org, .net, and .com are/were reserved, although there are exceptions such as http://www.x.org. Other TLDs may vary.

[Pirate-of-SV → laurent123456]

For those who are looking for short domains .SE is selling a few at the moment. http://www.tradera.com/campaign/punktse

[zuck9 → laurent123456]

The minimum is 1 character excluding the TLD. Like Twitter has http://t.co

[killwhitey → zuck9]

Actually even zero character ones exist http://uz/

[calebegg → killwhitey]

It only works for me (OS X, Safari) when written as http://uz./ (a proper FQDN)

[BillinghamJ → killwhitey]

That isn't a zero character name. It's just the TLD itself acting as a website. It's a 1 label domain rather than the usual 2-3 labels.

[TazeTSchnitzel → BillinghamJ]

Well, I suppose the root counts as a zero-character domain.

The trailing . makes it fully-qualified.

[mahouse → killwhitey]

It does not resolve here.

[RubyPinch → mahouse]

Interesting side-effect, windows doesn't support TLD-only addresses.

.monash used to also have the same property (if I am not mistaken), until they realized this fact, I imagine.

[veb → laurent123456]

I'd be pretty interested to see how much a domain like this would sell for...

[batuhanicoz → rattray]

They list the owner in the legal information page: http://dns.js.org/legals.html

[jsorg → rattray]

Thats my brothers homepage/business. He helped mé with the design and asked me for the backlink.

[AC__ → rattray]

A few others have already responded, the sites whois entry also names Stefan Keim.

[jsorg]

40 pull-requests in 6 hours. This will be long night for me... Starting to merge in 5 minutes (after a cigarette)

[zuck9 → jsorg]

Amazing how you posted this twice earlier but didn't get attention.