[dns-operations] Curiousity, many all numeric sub-domains of .cn?

[Andrew Latham]

Numbers are popular in regions of the world where IDN and language barriers
exist. It is easier to use numbers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals

Very universal

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 10:58 PM, Viktor Dukhovni <ietf-dane at dukhovni.org>
wrote:

> Anyone know why there are so many subdomains of ".cn" that are just
> lots of digits.  I see around 70,000 such domains.  There are probably
> many more.  Sample:
>
> 550924988.cn
> 550928460.cn
> 550933999.cn
> 551747442.cn
> 552218526.cn
> 552220853.cn
> 552227094.cn
> 552229698.cn
> 552231253.cn
> 552240774.cn
> 552246105.cn
> 553363880.cn
> 553372226.cn
> 553383486.cn
> 553384139.cn
> 553384147.cn
> 553391865.cn
> 553397060.cn
> 553438133.cn
> 553700082.cn
> 553951797.cn
> 553952941.cn
> 553956731.cn
> 553959924.cn
>
> --
>         Viktor.
>
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