From 5743bcdd29944f5c040c061e0167683b9b5cff3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Preston Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2024 00:14:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md Added Public suffix list --- README.md | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 005bed0..1abd6fa 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ This repository is a visual cheatsheet on the main topics in Backend-development > [The ICANN Corporation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICANN) is the founder of the distributed domain registration system. It gives accreditations to companies that want to sell domains. In this way a competitive domain market is formed. - How to buy a domain name > A domain name cannot be bought forever. It is leased for a certain period of time. It is better to buy domains from [accredited registrars](https://www.icann.org/en/accredited-registrars?filter-letter=a&sort-direction=asc&sort-param=name&page=1) (you can find them in almost any country). + - Understanding if a domain name is a top-level domain or not. + > Knowing that a given domain is a top-level suffix (like .com, a registered name (like github.com), or a subdomain (like myawesomesubdomain.github.com) is useful in many situations. + > Mozilla provides a [public suffix list](https://github.com/publicsuffix/list) for this reason.
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