Re: New TLDs and Registry charters

[Eric SALOME <admin@worldnet.net>]

At 15:37 07/12/1996 +0100, Daniel Kaplan wrote:

>At 22:42 -0000 6/12/96, Gilles LERAT wrote:
>
>>>Does this mean that NIC-France completely disallows an individual
>>>person from owning a domain name?  Could I get kentcrispin.*.fr, for
>>>example?
>>
>>No, you can't.

Well, in fact, the NIC France is thinking about allowing individual person
to own a domain name under    
                "kentcrispin.pp.fr"

It's not yet completely defined, and as reservation of a "famous" name may
rise some conflicting issues, the NIC France will probably think twice and
setup some (now usual) administrative barriers before allowing such
registrations.


>Registering under.fr costs, on average, $150; no fee is levied after
>registration.

Well.... I not sure it will be forever: NIC France already told us they were
thinking about having a "maintenance annual fee": I'll bet we'll soon have
to pay each year to keep our domainname under the .FR TLD.
 
>True, NIC-France has come under fire for being somewhat slow and
>bureaucratic. This should be avoided/corrected - but at the same time they
>did avoid disputes. And I'm not sure superfast (ie, hours or days vs. 1-2
>weeks) regsitration is that important: generally, it's not on the critical
>path for an organization's Internet project.

I don't quite agree on that. 
First of all, the NIC France is not "slow": 
Once you have a complete file ready to submit, it doesn't take more than 2
days to receive confirmation of your complete registration.
NIC France has done a good job having a ticket system to follow your
requests and many tools to automate the process as much as possible. They
have wrote a CGI to test your DNS server (that you can use to see if it will
be accepted by the NIC France: http://www.nic.fr/ZoneCheck/index-french.html).

And, believe me, NIC registration IS on the critical path for a french
compagny's Internet project...

Of course, they are somehow "picky": Bureaucratie seems to be a good way to
prevent conflicts...
  

>This is hiding your head in the sand: both problems are highly related, and
>saying "let the courts deal with that" creates several sets of problems:
>- disputes may include persons and organizations in several countries;
>- courts are slow and solving disputes ay take years;
>- trials are expensive: only the rich will go to court;
>- in the meantime, the Internet's image will be severely damaged by
>hundreds of ongoing disputes. We must design mechanismes that prevent that
>as much as possible.

I believe there is a need for both a "picky" NIC France's .FR
and an "Alternate" .FRXXX.

As for the Internet's image, don't bother too much. 
I am glad some guys didn't bother when they've setup the ALT.* Newsgroups
hierarchy....

So long,
Eric Salome <salome@certix.fr>