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example.com is not porn - yay!

Noticed http://example.com linked to via the #rdfig weblog, and had this thought: Thank goodness that someone had thought to register that domain, or else my boss would have more likely than not been viewing porn after clicking on a link it in our last meeting.

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Archived Comments

  • Eric Vitiello
    RFC2606 reserved example.com, example.net, example.org.. also test.xx invalid.xx and localhost.xx
  • l.m.orchard
    Things I feel like I should have known, but didn't. Thanks for the pointer! :)
  • Rafe
    At one time, example.com was registered to someone and was used as something other than an example, despite the fact that the RFC clearly stated that the domain was reserved. I don't know when it was returned to its proper usage, but it has been fixed for some time.
  • Adam Kalsey
    Searching Google for Localhost shows that there are many localhost.xx domains registered. localhost.net.au, localhost.be, localhost.net.ar...
  • Ian
    .test, .example, .invalid and .localhost are only reserved as top level domains. e.g. ian.test is reserved, but test.ian is not.