MP> I was going to sign up for a dyndns site, mostly for
 MP> telnet bbsing. I noticed the large number of potential
 MP> domains they offer.  I thought it might be good to get
 MP> a shorter name, which would fit better into network
 MP> taglines.

taglines?? do you mean origin lines?? taglines start with three dots, TTBOMK...

 MP> However, I am wondering what country some of the shorter
 MP> names "indicate." There is an "ath.cx" and a
"mine.nu,"
 MP> for starters.  Is there a site that will tell you where
 MP> .cx and .nu are supposed to be assigned, geographically?

those are standard country codes... i forget which ISOwhatever they are
listed in... 9660 maybe??

[time passes]

i just consulted one of my webserver stats tools and they reference ISO
3166 and state that an official listing can be found at
http://www.iana.org/cctld/cctld-whois.htm

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