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is a valid URL

lamborghini.com

6 pointseddyg8 comments

Well, it resolves but there is no A or AAAA record:

    $ dig lamborghini
        ...
    ;; QUESTION SECTION:
    ;lamborghini.	IN	A

    ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
    lamborghini.  768  IN  SOA  a0.nic.lamborghini. noc.afilias-nst.info. 1000002525 10800  3600 2764800 900

Link: http://lamborghini/

Firefox gives me a Server not found error (using my work DNS). But if I "dig @8.8.8.8 lamborghini" I get a response. Looks like it's still propagating?

Here's a twitter account that alerts you to new TLDs: https://twitter.com/newgTLDannounce

Or perhaps the DNS server you are using has an overly strict idea of what a valid domain name is.

You're right, I'm getting SERVFAIL instead of NXDOMAIN. For another example https://www.whatsmydns.net/#A/lamborghini rejects the domain without actually checking.

"This site can’t be reached

lamborghini’s server DNS address could not be found. ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"

In other words, valid URL != reachable URL; http://localhost/ is also a valid URL.

Note that I was unable to submit the actual one-word gTLD URL to HN, so I used the .com...

Firefox works for me but not chrome or IE

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