Well - like I said below - it is not recommended to simply use <a href="http://tld/">http://tld/</a> - however there are a few IANA TLDs that in fact are setup with A records associated with TLDs. Just did a test out of curiosity and found the following ccTLDs with A records.<br>
<br>AC. 86400 IN A 193.223.78.210<br>AF. 86400 IN A 65.219.4.91<br>AI. 14400 IN A 209.59.119.34<br>BI. 38400 IN A 196.2.8.205<br>CM. 3600 IN A 195.24.192.17<br>DK. 86400 IN A 193.163.102.23<br>HK. 604800 IN A 203.119.2.28<br>
IO. 604800 IN A 193.223.78.212<br>PH. 86400 IN A 203.119.4.7<br>PN. 43200 IN A 80.68.93.100<br>PW. 600 IN A 203.199.114.33<br>SH. 86400 IN A 64.251.31.234<br>TM. 86400 IN A 193.223.78.213<br>UZ. 14400 IN A 195.158.1.25<br>
WS. 21600 IN A 63.101.245.10<br><br>Cheers<br>Joe Baptista<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Joe Baptista <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:baptista@publicroot.org">baptista@publicroot.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:39 PM, Mark Andrews <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Mark_Andrews@isc.org" target="_blank">Mark_Andrews@isc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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</div> <a href="http://tld" target="_blank">http://tld</a> and user@tld can *never* work *reliably* as they<br>
would cause namespace clashes. Single label represent local<br>
names not global names.</blockquote></div><div><br>Thats incorrect. It does work but is not recommended because it does not always work depending on the application. If the application relies solely on gethostbyname then it will probably work - but some applications do a bit more checking of the domain name and not all applications will allow it.<br>
<br>cheers<br><font color="#888888">joe baptista<br></font></div></div><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>-- <br>Joe Baptista<br><a href="http://www.publicroot.org" target="_blank">www.publicroot.org</a><br>PublicRoot Consortium<br>
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