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RFC 2240: A Legal Basis for Domain Name Allocation

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 2352.

Current version: RFC 2352 — A Convention For Using Legal Names as Domain Names

In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC

The purpose of this memo is to focus discussion on the particular problems with the exhaustion of the top level domain space in the Internet and the possible conflicts that can occur when multiple organisations are vying for the same name. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.

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Document ID
RFC2240
Published
November 1997
Authors
O. Vaughan
Status
INFORMATIONAL
Stream
Legacy
Area
—
Pages
7
Also known as
—
Obsoleted by:
RFC 2352

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