[dns-operations] [Ext] Assistance Request: OpenDNS Not Resolving Certain .realtor™ Domains

Paul Hoffman paul.hoffman at icann.org
Sun Dec 7 22:47:33 UTC 2025


On Dec 7, 2025, at 13:17, Dave Lawrence via dns-operations <dns-operations at dns-oarc.net> wrote:
> I just have to say that I am duly impressed with the restraint of all
> of you who contributed to this thread without commenting at all on the
> trademark indicator on almost every instance of .realtor in the
> original message.
> 
> So, I'll be that guy.  "LOL."

Oh, some of us had pretty snarky back-channel discussions. Some of us even went so far as to do technical work of "if the ™ somehow got into the DNS datastream even though it is prohibited by IDNA, what would the bits on the wire look like for various renderings".

--Paul Hoffman




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