"Because he can?"
this post was submitted on 04 Nov 2025
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TLD
Technically a TLD is still a domain, just the top-level one.
Technically the toppest level domain is the root one, which has an empty label. That's why truly FQDNs and with a period.
Well FQDN you too
FQ Deez nutz
I owned that domain once.
Yep, I manage a lot of domains for my organization and our members, and work on our and infrastructure regularly. I basically always end all DNS queries with a period to ensure Windows or Linux aren't trying to append anything like a search domain and screwing with my results. Fixes so many issues, especially when you're expecting an NXDOMAIN result.
TLDR
Top Level Domain Reboot
CouchHub.gov
Which stands for top level what?
Top level domain. ".com" ".gov" etc. are top level domains. The headline is slightly incorrect.
Hope this doesnt affect other .gov domains, like .gov.fr, .gov.nz or .gov.br
it does not.
.gov.fr. is a subdomain of .fr., unrelated to .gov..
It's also unused, as far as I know.
Can confirm what the other commenter said, completely impossible to have an effect. .com and .gov and .fr and .nz are what's called TLDs or Top Level Domains. Everything is delegated down from that level for any subdomains. .fr and .nz are country owned and any attempt to take control of that would be returned to their respective governments by ICANN.
It won't
This is about the .gov TLD, you're talking about the .br and .nz TLDs. Domains go in importance from right to left.
However, icann is still US based, he might try and take control of that and truly break the Internet in pieces
Why would it? The article merely mentions that he's posting his nonsense on existing .gov domains, which is something he can totally do as the President.
As long as he doesn't hijack . I don't care.
Not hijack but he could disturb it. When US based organizations (afaik 9 out of 12) who run root dns servers change their root-file he could force ISPs in the US to ignore root servers that don't cooperate. Or Microsoft to update Windows with modified root hints . Or force Google or Cloudflare to do so for their resolvers. Or AWS for their services...
It wouldn't stop anyone to ignore said changes and it would be discovered pretty fast. But he could censor the internet and users who don't care or don't have the knowledge. Or if you rely on a service who didn't react (gmail anyone?)
Even DNSSec wouldn't help as he would control the start of the chain of trust.
There are a lot of infrastructure and involved companies based in the US. I don't say it's hopeless but don't underestimate the chaos he could evoke.
... oh no