IETF approves .onion as ‘special purpose domain’
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) recently approved “.onion” as a “special-use” domain. This means, in effect, “.onion” will be treated in the same way .local, .localhost, and .example have been dealt with previously — that is, outside the global Domain Name System (DNS). Adding .onion to the Special-Use Domain Names registry will also enable […]
