ICANN Approves .IRAN (in Non-Latin)
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penciling_in writes "CircleID reports that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has announced its approval of non-Latin string evaluation of 'Iran.' This approval will allow the availability of Iran's top-level domain in its own native language, Persian, also known as Farsi (that is, the domain name .IRAN, in non-Latin characters). According to ICANN, there are currently 33 requests for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) country code Top-Level Domains (ccTLDs), representing 22 languages, out of which 18 countries/territories have so far been approved."
Dont do it (Score:4, Funny)
Are you serious? This is the exact thing what we are fighting against and now we give terrorists their own ccTLD that allows them to hide behind weird non-latin characters?
Someone has to do something.
Re:Show me the TLD (Score:5, Funny)
Here you go: .????
What the internet really needs (Score:3, Funny)
What injustice! (Score:5, Funny)
I demand .AMERICA as a TLD.
You can't see it in Slashdot, but it's in 72 point font, bold and blinking.
Because America is that cool.
Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)
was .censor taken ? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:http://www.jerseys-2010.com (Score:3, Funny)
I believe you meant http://www.jerseys-2010.xn--mgba3a4fra/ [www.jersey...mgba3a4fra]
Re:So? (Score:2, Funny)
I didn't know that Iran is female. Does it need a burqa to cover the whole country , then?
Re:Dont do it (Score:3, Funny)
ICANN haz non-latin domainz
Re:ICANN: Tower of Babel for the modern day? (Score:4, Funny)
I mean, I don't want to be pompous and promote my own language, but it seems obvious if you look around and see what people are speaking everywhere. The world would be better off if everyone just learned French.