389966 - eTLD: improve Brazilian eTLD support

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 370569

(Core :: Networking, enhancement)

Description

[Daniel Luz]

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Currently, all second-level .br domains are treated as eTLDs (set as "*.br"); however, some websites (mostly universities) do have .br domains. Also, .XX.gov.br is a special case of a third-level eTLD.

The .gov.br second-level domain is only available to Federal government entities. State entities are limited to .XX.gov.br, where XX is the state's abbreviation. This, I believe, turns it into a third-level domain. This rule is explained (in Portuguese) here: http://registro.br/faq/faq1.html#12

A few examples of domains following those rules: (eTLDs in uppercase)
registro.BR
www.cert.BR
www.unb.BR
www.mj.GOV.BR ("MJ" is not a state; it stands for Ministry of Justice)
www.SP.GOV.BR
www.metro.SP.GOV.BR

I'm providing a patch with this bug.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1

[Daniel Luz]

Attachment: Add all second- and third-level .br eTLDs

Comment 2

[Daniel Luz]

Attachment: Adding "br" to previous patch

Oops, forgot the ccTLD

Comment 3

[Caio Tiago Oliveira (asrail)]

This bug is a duplicate and this patch does not adress all of the 1196 second level domains for Brazil.

Comment 4

[Caio Tiago Oliveira (asrail)]

Also, since you can navigate to www.ba.gov.br, ba.gov.br is not a eTLD.

Only gov.br is a eTLD.

This if the official list:
http://registro.br/info/dpn.html

Comment 5

[Daniel Luz]

(In reply to comment #3)
> This bug is a duplicate and this patch does not adress all of the 1196 second
> level domains for Brazil.

I don't get it. Why aren't they addressed? As I understood, "br" would be the rule applied for them all.

Comment 6

[Caio Tiago Oliveira (asrail)]

I've noticed the unneeded *.gov.br rules and haven't paid attention to the rest.

Well...

your patch is right without the
+ac.gov.br
+al.gov.br
...
+to.gov.br

rules.


They are not eTLD, since they're registered domains.

You can correct and attach to the other bug.

Comment 7

[Daniel Luz]

While not technically top-level domains, the *.gov.br domains should be as much *effective* TLDs as Japan's geographic domains (see bug 252342 comment 31), which are currently accepted and implemented. That was my reasoning for including them. (and also, if eTLDs were just for rigorously-reserved subdomains, there would be no need for an exceptions mechanism at all; www.XX.gov.br would be the exceptions here, just like pref.____.jp are exceptions)