<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Caleb,</div><div><br></div><div>I don't believe we are following it enough but it'll be great if you could champion it :-)<br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Warmly,<br></div>Tomslin<div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 at 09:54, Caleb Olumuyiwa Ogundele <<a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello PC,</div><div><br></div><div>I would not know if we are following the .INTERNAL public comment. My first take will be to take the running cost for non-commercial operators with low budget.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-top-level-domain-string-for-private-use-24-01-2024" target="_blank">https://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/proceeding/proposed-top-level-domain-string-for-private-use-24-01-2024</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>ICANN also emphasized that operators opting for private namespaces, like .internal, should consider the costs involved. The proposal recommends using subdomains of publicly registered domain names, which would eliminate those costs.<br><br>An ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC) advisory from September 2020, when this project started to gain traction, reveals that beyond network operators and routers, companies providing IoT devices, captive portal networks, and other software vendors may also wish to benefit from the proposed TLD.<br><br>The same notice confirms that different instances of the .internal domain will have distinct meanings in separate contexts or networks, just the same as we have become accustomed to with 192.168.x.x.<br><br>While the process unfolds, the Internet landscape continues to evolve and the adoption of controlled TLDs could help provide more controlled spaces for internal communication, services, and resources.<br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#000000">Caleb Ogundele</font></b><div><font color="#000000">Email: <a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com" target="_blank">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a></font></div></div></div></div>
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