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Rejected Domain Names: Page 13 of 32

In this edition we look at top-level domain suggestions rejected by ICANN, stupid Web pages and the most geeky 404 errors.
May 21, 2004
  • Dave Finkel -- .mars (the home of out of this world cheap outsourcing.)

  • Mitchell Gauthier -- .crakd (it's not just for plumbers anymore)

  • Gregory Pleau -- .femail - email for women
    .icannot - as in ICANNot get Verisign to behave.
    .localdomain - domain for Outlook worm scripts
    .ddos - restrict DDoS attacks to this domain
    .sco - didn't want to get sued
    .squatter - a place for domain squatters to register things like coca-cola and microsoft without getting sued

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