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Schlechte Nachrichten für Fritz!box User: http://nic.box/ Euer http://fritz.b…

Posted by jpluimers on 2016/11/18

[WayBack] Schlechte Nachrichten für Fritz!box User: http://nic.box/ Euer http://fritz.box ist nicht mehr das, was es sein sollte. EDIT: Muahahaha … – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+

Now there is http://nic.box/ for the new [WayBack] box top level domain and AVM does not yet have the pre-registered fritz.box there effectuated (because .box is not in final registration state yet).

Kristian:

Schlechte Nachrichten für Fritz!box User: http://nic.box/ Euer http://fritz.box ist nicht mehr das, was es sein sollte.

EDIT: Muahahaha

kris@h1755802:~> host fritz.box
fritz.box has address 127.0.53.53
fritz.box mail is handled by 10 your-dns-needs-immediate-attention.box.

The joke is in the cryptic “your-dns-needs-immediate-attention” and usage of 127.0.53.53. to indicate a gTLD name collision.

Chrome knows about ICANN though and explains it in a slightly more readable form when browsing to http://fritz.box (:

This site can’t be reached

This site on the company, organization or school intranet has the same URL as an external website.

Try contacting your system administrator.

ERR_ICANN_NAME_COLLISION

ERR_ICANN_NAME_COLLISION is the way that recent (well v43+) Google Chrome versions indicate that a top level domain is now taken.

The new toplevel domains post quite some issues with the Chrome omnibox for searching filenames having an extension now has become a top level domain (like .zip and the [WayBack] zip top level domain).

Lessons learned:

  • while searching, always start with a double-quote
  • use .local for your local domain

A similar thing caused quite some headaches when a large insurance company used “.insim.biz” domain as their domain name for the internal WAN as .biz had been registered as early as 2001 but they got the domain in 2008.

–jeroen

Source: Schlechte Nachrichten für Fritz!box User: http://nic.box/ Euer http://fritz.b…

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