[tor-bugs] #27951 [Internal Services/Tor Sysadmin Team]: decide how to handle torproject.be (was: integrate torproject.be into our dns)

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#27951: decide how to handle torproject.be (was: integrate torproject.be into our
dns)
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 Reporter:  goose                                |          Owner:  tpa
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Comment (by anarcat):

 there's a potential infinity of such domain name. it's a difficult call to
 make, but once you start buying them, you might never stop because new
 TLDs will always come up. should we buy torproject.amazon? how about
 torproject.io? or torproject.in?

 my personal belief is that getting a larger variety of domain names only
 serves to confuse users about what the real hostname is. unless we have a
 purpose for the `.be`, we shouldn't be using it. if a new domain comes up
 that causes trouble, we can always take it down with trademark law,
 presumably.

 but i wasn't in fosdem so I haven't heard the other arguments. one problem
 with not renewing the existing domains is that they *will* be squatted
 (instead of just not answering) so there's that component as well.

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