diff --git a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/naming.html b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/naming.html index c081e14f520b87f2f888290523e500aedf4d4d0b..3f3a38639839bccbf50293fb137ed6d89fe0cb6f 100644 --- a/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/naming.html +++ b/i2p2www/pages/site/docs/naming.html @@ -168,18 +168,39 @@ Otherwise, it forwards the request to a configured HTTP outproxy. Thus, in practice, all HTTP (I2P Site) hostnames must end in the pseudo-Top Level Domain '.i2p'. {%- endtrans %}</p> -<p>{% trans i2ptld='https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-grothoff-iesg-special-use-p2p-names/', -rfc6761='http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6761' -%} -We have <a href="{{ i2ptld }}">applied to reserve the .i2p TLD</a> -following the procedures specified in <a href="{{ rfc6761 }}">RFC 6761</a>. -{%- endtrans %}</p> - <p>{% trans -%} If the router fails to resolve the hostname, the HTTP proxy returns an error page to the user with links to several "jump" services. See below for details. {%- endtrans %}</p> + +<h2 id="alt">.i2p.alt Domain</h2> +We previously <a href="https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-grothoff-iesg-special-use-p2p-names/">applied to reserve the .i2p TLD</a> +following the procedures specified in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6761.html">RFC 6761</a>. +However, this application and all others were rejected, and RFC 6761 was declared a "mistake". +</p> +<p> +After many years of work by the GNUnet team and others, the .alt domain was reserved as a special-use TLD +in <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9476.html">RFC 9476</a> as of late 2023. +While there are no official registrars sanctioned by IANA, we have registered the .i2p.alt domain +with the primary unofficial registrar <a href="https://gana.gnunet.org/dot-alt/dot_alt.html">GANA</a>. +This does not prevent others from using the domain, but it should help discourage it. +</p> +<p> +One benefit to the .alt domain is that, in theory, DNS resolvers will not forward .alt requests +once they update to comply with RFC 9476, and that will prevent DNS leaks. +For compatibility with .i2p.alt hostnames, I2P software and services should be updated to handle +these hostnames by stripping off the .alt TLD. +These updates are scheduled for the first half of 2024. +</p> +<p> +At this time, there are no plans to make .i2p.alt the preferred form for display and interchange of I2P hostnames. +This is a topic for further research and discussion. +</p> + + + <h2 id="addressbook">{% trans %}Address Book{% endtrans %}</h2> <h3>{% trans %}Incoming Subscriptions and Merging{% endtrans %}</h3>