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nkcmr
Asked: 2011-09-09 18:50:21 +0800 CST

How do you register a domain without a TLD?

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a domain without a tld
So I found this website that is visitable and does not have a TLD? Anyone got any idea how to do this?

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    It does have a TLD - in this case the TLD is ac.

    This is actually a special case. Usually a TLD does not have an A record associated with it:

    $ host -t A ac.
ac has address 193.223.78.210
$ host -t A com.
com has no A record

    To get this behaviour, you would have to register your own TLD.

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  2. New gTLDs can be registered like the recent .xxx for a small fee (US$185,000):

    http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/strategy-faq.htm

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  3. It's likely you're using a dns 'default search domain' configured most likely via DHCP or a local hosts file setting.

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