<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;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>It seems .dev is following ICANN requirements to the letter as specified in section 3.1 of <a href="https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-framework-30jul14-en.pdf" class="">https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/files/name-collision-framework-30jul14-en.pdf</a> :<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class=""><TLD>. 3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">    </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>MX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>10 your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.<TLD>.</div><div class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">       </span>3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>MX<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.<TLD>.</div><div class=""><TLD>. 3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>SRV<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.<TLD>.</div><div class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>SRV<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>10<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>0<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.<TLD>.</div><div class=""><TLD>. 3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span> IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> TXT<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span> "Your<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> DNS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span> configuration<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span> needs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span> immediate<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span> attention<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span> see<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span></div><div class=""><a href="https://icann.org/namecollision" class="">https://icann.org/namecollision</a>"</div><div class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span> 3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">       </span> IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> TXT<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span> "Your<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> DNS<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span> configuration<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span> needs<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span> immediate<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span> attention<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span> see<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span></div><div class=""><a href="https://icann.org/namecollision" class="">https://icann.org/namecollision</a>"</div><div class=""><TLD>. 3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>A<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>127.0.53.53</div><div class="">*<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">      </span>3600<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">        </span>IN<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">  </span>A<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">   </span>127.0.53.53</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Google Registry (.dev registry operator) might be sympathetic to the situation of those domains, so even though they are following regulations, it might be worth reaching out. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Rubens</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 9, 2015, at 1:57 PM, Paul Vixie <<a href="mailto:paul@redbarn.org" class="">paul@redbarn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">i saw the following in DNSDB while looking for something else:<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33<br class="">;; count: 105<br class=""><a href="http://dev.dottystylecreative.com" class="">dev.dottystylecreative.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">since the gTLD handbook is explicit about what record types cannot<br class="">reside at gTLD apexes, i checked to find out what's currently there. no<br class="">AAAA, which is good. however, this is less good:<br class=""><br class="">;; ANSWER SECTION:<br class="">dev.                    3600    IN      A       127.0.53.53<br class=""><br class="">see also this, which is also not good:<br class=""><br class="">;; ANSWER SECTION:<br class="">dev.                    3600    IN      MX      10<br class="">your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.dev.<br class=""><br class="">these values should not be present, however cutesy they might be. does<br class="">anybody know the DEV folk?<br class=""><br class="">below, the full list of domains using "DEV" as their name server name,<br class="">which means, causing queries to be sent to 127.0.53.53 for those domains.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2015-03-21 04:55:17 .. 2015-03-25 02:24:58<br class="">;; count: 17<br class=""><a href="http://kwchae.co.kr" class="">kwchae.co.kr</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2011-02-25 20:26:37 .. 2011-07-19 05:40:18<br class="">;; count: 1<br class=""><a href="http://avillian.com" class="">avillian.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2011-01-04 21:19:37 .. 2011-07-02 13:25:51<br class="">;; count: 27<br class=""><a href="http://sciotorugby.com" class="">sciotorugby.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2010-09-06 00:39:03 .. 2010-09-06 00:39:03<br class="">;; count: 1<br class=""><a href="http://stevefazekas.com" class="">stevefazekas.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2010-12-10 23:50:22 .. 2011-07-12 17:57:37<br class="">;; count: 60<br class=""><a href="http://columbusrugby.com" class="">columbusrugby.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2014-11-12 01:32:40 .. 2015-09-06 23:31:33<br class="">;; count: 105<br class=""><a href="http://dev.dottystylecreative.com" class="">dev.dottystylecreative.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2012-12-09 15:49:50 .. 2012-12-09 15:49:50<br class="">;; count: 1<br class=""><a href="http://heritagehealthmagazine.com" class="">heritagehealthmagazine.com</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2011-07-29 01:04:56 .. 2013-08-09 13:07:31<br class="">;; count: 141<br class=""><a href="http://webhive.org" class="">webhive.org</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">;; record times: 2011-02-06 23:06:47 .. 2011-02-06 23:06:47<br class="">;; count: 1<br class=""><a href="http://transformativeworks.org" class="">transformativeworks.org</a>.  NS  dev.<br class=""><br class="">-- <br class="">Paul Vixie<br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">dns-operations mailing list<br class=""><a href="mailto:dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net" class="">dns-operations@lists.dns-oarc.net</a><br class="">https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-operations<br class="">dns-jobs mailing list<br class="">https://lists.dns-oarc.net/mailman/listinfo/dns-jobs<br class=""></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>