Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Actually, you'd only need to buy one TLD!

Or, you could buy one regular domain and then ask to be put on the public suffix list. I'm guessing that would have the same effect for less money.



Wow, being put on the public suffix list is an interesting idea. How would one go about doing that?


Interesting question. I wonder if you could get into this list (without nefarious purpose) if you provided some major hosting service? Eg: I see k12-schools in the US are on that list, it would make sense to allow someone providing shared hosting to get on the list (to avoid users setting cross-domain cookies). Eg: appspot.com and blogspot.* is on the list[1].

More information:

  http://publicsuffix.org/submit/ (and the rest of the site, obviously)

[1] http://mxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/netwerk/dns/ef...




Consider applying for YC's Winter 2026 batch! Applications are open till Nov 10

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: