Subj : Re: general question about serving ports and domain names
To   : comp.programming
From : gds
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 01:20 am

robertwessel2@yahoo.com" <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>gds@best.cut.here.com wrote:
>> If you want a top-level domain name, you have to use a commercial
>> registrar, generally speaking.  Otherwise, you may be able to get one
>> from a noncommercial registrar or even a hobbyist who's willing to
>> delegate subdomains of their domains to you.
>Actually you can't get a top level domain (well, not unless you become
>a country or convince IANA that a new TLD is a good idea).  "com" or
>"us" are top level domains.  If you get myname.com, that's a second
>level domain, or myname.co.uk would be a third level domain.

Sorry, I meant "if you want to register within a top-level domain ..."

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