Bastards!!!

[Matt S Trout]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 01:57:43PM +0000, David Cantrell wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:45:08PM +0000, Nigel Rantor wrote:
> 
> > Probably easier just to test for a domain within a non-existant TLD 
> 
> You're stuffed if someone then goes and creates that TLD.
> 
> > instead of looking for a domain that is unlikely to exist.
> > 
> > www.domain.cod
> 
> If we can have stuff like .museum for the tiny museum industry, why not
> .cod in the future for fishermen!
> 
> I'd go for something obviously bogus in .int, which has very strict
> rules about what can be created.  blackhelicopters.un.int should do the
> trick.

Wouldn't using a MockObject for the "domain exists" / whois checker be a
rather more reliable solution?

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