[ AURSC ] Application for New TLD's
Jean-Christophe Praud jc.praud at ludexpress.com
Sun Sep 13 21:19:07 CEST 1998
Jim Fleming wrote: > > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > Have the G3 people looked at the > following and come to any conclusion > on it ? Not yet, but people from Bulgaria and Poland had some bad experience with their respective ccRegistries, it seems. That was discussed in august. > > @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ > > > > > > > Again, I think that we need to look at the more > global issue. What TLDs would Jon Postel (aka IANA) > be proposing to remove from the legacy Root Name > Server Cluster if the U.S. Government turns control > over to him ? > > Does that list contain ? > .GP > .MQ > .TV > .TM > .CC > .NATO > > In my opinion registries and consumers have a right to > know this well in advance. The other RSCs also need > to socialize these proposed DELETIONS. Just because > France tells Jon Postel to delete .MQ and .GP and to > take away someone's IP addresses, I am not sure > that he should do that. There has to be some checks > and balances in the system. For now, and until a new organisation is set up, it seems the only balance has been to create new "country" TLDs, such as POL, BUL, etc. TLDs creation and deletion shouldn't be one person, or even one "board" to decide. > > Where does the IAB and IETF enter this discussion ? > It is one thing for the IETF to stand and cheer and endorse > Jon Postel. It is another thing to be responsible > for potential changes to the DNS that could impact > companies, countries, etc. Jon Postel has delegated > TLDs to people that clearly do not have the local > support that some people claim. Now governments > like France are going to try to have those TLDs > removed. This is not stability. Stability can only come > from open, fair hearings on these matters. The IRSC takes all its decisions like that. > > In my opinion, the major RSCs should prepare a public > response to France that indicates that they can NOT > remove a TLD just because France says to do that. I > think that the current operators of the TLD(s) should > have some opportunity to have some say about the > past, present and future plans for the TLD. This is the > only way we can have some stability in the system. The IRSC will post an announcement about that shortly :o) -- Jean-Christophe PRAUD - LUDEXPRESS http://www.ludexpress.com http://www.nicwine.net http://www.irsc.ah.net 3:213 WINE Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu n'gah Bill R'lyeh Wgah'nagl fhtagn -------- Logged at Mon Sep 14 10:58:40 MET DST 1998 ---------
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