[NoZebra120vClip]

It's been this way for 40 years. Are you a taxpayer? I'd rather not pay for any such retrofit. Furthermore, what makes you think that typos won't be made with any different domain name? Why would a fake hypothetical improvement of the situation drive a massive rewrite of millions of lines of code, server configurations, TLS certificates, specification documents...?

[orra]

You're vastly exaggerating the costs of changing domains (and setting up a redirect).

I'm glad you mention TLS certificate, because those are an ongoing thing, not something you set up once leave unchanged for 40 years.

[NoZebra120vClip]

You can't set up a redirect, because if you leave a redirect in place, then people can send email to the original domain, and we're back where we started with the Mali misdirections. That's what the article is about.

[orra]

True, but to avoid chaos you have a redirect for a while. Send a warning at first, then send an error.

[NoZebra120vClip]

This is the US Military we're talking about. Have you ever tried to enter an Air Force base without ID and clearance?

You know what comes after a warning.

[paradaux]

I'm pretty sure the GP's point was that the US shouldn't have .gov/.mil etc, every country essentially has a form of government and military — And besides .gov.us would be more explicit.

[NoZebra120vClip]

Inventors' privilege.