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SAC053: SSAC Report on Dotless Domains

SAC053: SSAC Report on Dotless Domains

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Last updated: Mar 01, 2023

SAC053 was published on 23 February 2012. All SSAC publications can be found at https://www.icann.org/groups/ssac/documents.


Recommendation DescriptionCurrent Phase

Recommendation 1

Dotless domains will not be universally reachable and the SSAC recommends strongly against their use.  As a result, the SSAC also recommends that the use of DNS resource records such as A, AAAA, and MX in the apex of a Top-Level Domain (TLD) be contractually prohibited where appropriate and strongly discouraged in all cases.

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