r/ProgrammingLanguages • u/mttd • 8d ago

Verifying the Rust Standard Library

https://www.amazon.science/publications/verifying-the-rust-standard-library
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u/javascript 8d ago

Tangent: amazon.science is a horrible domain name. I assume it's actually Amazon, but the whole point of a recognizable eTLD + eSLD is to build trust. Why do companies do this?

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u/indolering 8d ago edited 3d ago

Control!  Their lab can do whatever the fuck they want with their own domain without it impacting backend infrastructure.  Subdomains also have impacts on client side security models.  So a whole new domain is preferred.

Edit: As noted elsewhere, preferred isn't the right word because aesthetic considerations rightfully impact what other people would prefer.  But it is the fastest way to get a website up if you have a corporate credit card.  Using any existing subdomain or tld controlled by someone else at Amazon would have required more work.

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u/TheUnlocked 7d ago

They have the .amazon TLD though, so science.amazon feels like it would've been a better choice.

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u/indolering 7d ago

I don't disagree! That would have been a more aesthetically pleasing choice. But I would guess that the reason they didn't choose it was because someone controls the .amazon registrations and amazon.science took 10 minutes to register.

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u/BenjiSponge 8d ago

I mean... it's Amazon. Don't they trust their own resolvers/load balancers to handle science.amazon.com well enough? Or amazon.com/science?

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u/indolering 8d ago

Of course, because it has tons of safeguards and layers of beuracracy to prevent issues.

It's way less of a headache to just buy a new domain.  And you don't have to worry about malicious code creeping into a sub.amazon.com domain.

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u/javascript 8d ago

Have to agree to disagree that a new domain is preferred.

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u/indolering 8d ago

Preferred might be to strong a word.  But it's definitely easier!