Re: Questions

[Antony Van Couvering <avc@netnamesusa.com>]

At 10:20 AM 6/20/97 -0400, Scott Tadman wrote:
>>>Wouldn't having multiple registrars be akin to the DMV having multiple
>>>privately owned testing facilities?
>>
>>Well, there is no effort to keep anyone out.  Should there be?  You don't
>>have to have an eye test to get a domain name.  There is no test at all,
>>except being able to provide contact information and functioning
nameservers.
>
>Current InterNIC applications are screened automatically now. You have to
meet
>several base qualifications:
>
>  * You have to have functioning nameservers for your new domain

No you don't.  The nameservers don't have to be functioning at all.  The
InterNIC lame delegation policy is not enforced at all.

>  * You have to provide a valid billing contact

No you don't.  You can give any name you'd like and the domain won't be cut
off until the bill isn't paid.  Even if you give the wrong contact, then
call up NSI and give them a valid credit card, they'll let you keep the
domain.  They won't even ask for new billing details.

>  * You have to pay within 30 days or your domain is deleted (filing large
>    numbers of unpaid applications can delay future applications)
>

Having to pay your bill is hardly a qualification.  For one thing,
"qualification" implies that you meet some requirement *before* the domain
is registered.  By this logic, when I buy bubblegum at the corner store, I
am "qualifying" for it by paying.


>In some countries, a drivers test consists of being able to drive in a
straight
>line. This test is no more complicated. You have to have functioning DNS, or
>you will not be registered.

Again, not true.

>
>Additionally, as some people have suggested, some checks should be added:
>
>  * Your domain name does not conflict with any registered trademarks which
>    are not yours

There will be a small list of "internationally recognized trademarks" that
will be checked against.  This is no more difficult than checking a name to
see if it's already been registered by another party.

>  * You are intending to actively use the domain name, not resell it
>    (the warehousing problem)

Again, this is a question for CORE, which will have members who are in
competition with one another, hence always on the lookout.  You can't
police this in advance, nor should you.

>
>Any checks beyond the initial straightforward technical checks are going to
>be increasingly difficult to enforce as the number of registrars increases.
>Each registrar will have a different opinion on what domains can be used for,
>and the more there are, the more trouble they will have agreeing what
>limitations to enforce.

People do have differences of opinion all the time.  The way to deal with
that is to set up a mechanism for disputes.  This will be in CORE, overseen
by POC.

Antony


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