Re: Inet Domain Name, Help?

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 20:49:42 GMT, Ron Reaugh
<ron-reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> What exactly is a registerable Internet domain name and how does that relate
> to subdomains? For instance if one owns or is renting xyzabc.com then
> what exactly is jkl.xyzabc.com? I understand that the jkl is known as a
> subdomain. But is the complete entity jkl.xyzabc.com something that is
> independently registerable from xzyabc.com?

No, except for special cases like something.city.st.us. Which one
would advised to just not bother with anymore.

OR if one owns xyzabc.com then
> does one own automatically all subdomains off xyzabc.com in Internet domain
> name space?

In general, yes.

I guess the question boils down to whether '.' is a special and
> non-registerable character below the TLD level and therefore the
> registerable domain name is that entity in the right most portion of the
> name including one and only one
> '.' which preceeds a valid TLD?
>
Er, huh? If you have example.com then you can make
any.domain.example.com you want.


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Joe Hamelin
Edmonds, WA, US