As a so-called, ICANN Director (planted by Esther Dyson et.al.), has there been any discussions on under_scores in domain names ??? Could dots be converted to under_scores, as sort of a lower-case dash ? What software are you or other ICANN Directors developing in this area ? http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-dns-attrleaf-03.txt The "DNS Underscore SCOPE Registry" creates the top-level of a potentially multi-field sequence of underscore names. Additional registries are defined by the specification that creates a particular underscore name, if it provides for subordinate underscore components.