<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Well, I went back to check, but none of the RFCs seem to explain what a "suffix" is, in the context of DNS. Clearly I haven't been keeping up with new developments in the technology. Where can I read about this new object? <div><br></div><div>The last time I checked, people using terms like "suffix" in relation to DNS were usually MS AD administrators* who were clearly confused by simple concepts like domain names. Apparently times have changed, with this term now being used legitimately between subject matter experts on a mailing list for dns operators. I'm obviously behind again so please advise on how I can recognize a suffix in the wild, and distinguish it from a garden-variety old-fashioned domain name.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for the help!</div><div>Matt Ghali</div><div><br></div><div>(* Or, surprisingly enough, technology executives at huge telcos who were running RFQs for multi-million-dollar ENUM projects.)<br><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Jan 20, 2013, at 6:34 PM, Jothan Frakes <<a href="mailto:jothan@gmail.com">jothan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">I strongly suggest you submit .cw to the public suffix list at mozilla.</font></font></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br></font></font></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><a href="http://publicsuffix.org/submit/">http://publicsuffix.org/submit/</a></font></font></font></div><font style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif"><br clear="all"></font></font></font><div style="font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Book'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; ">Jothan Frakes</div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>