Morning Richard.
On Fri, 9 Jul 1999 02:01:10 -0400 (EDT), "Richard J. Sexton"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Our .BOX would be setup as a $5/2 year service.
>>Oh yeah, we would get real rich on that. NOT.
>>
>>We are going ahead with it anyway, we have setup a third level
>>registry to mirror registrations under, and will operate it for free
>>at the moment.
>>
>>When I was with ML.org we talked quite frequently about how it would
>>be great to operate a totally free user supported registry for second
>>level domains under a free TLD.
>>
>>This constant idea of there being a single workable model for TLDs is
>>absolutely wrong. ML.org operated a 3rd level registry with WELL over
>>150,000 domains when it was shut down (I never got the final number
>>before it was closed, but estimates from a member of the board put the
>>number just short of 200,000). DHS.org, formed by some former ml.org
>>staff, currently is just short of 30,000 domains in their free 3rd
>>level registry. People who need personal domains WILL support
>>non-profit and low profit models. Some people who need commercial
>>domains but are willing to live with a much lower level of service
>>guarantee in exchange for the low entry cost would also support these
>>models.
>
>As ICANN flies all over the world it's good to see people
>actually deploying infrastructure. I'd be happy to add
>pointers to your zone, would you like to exchange secondaries?
We are almost ready. I like to make sure it is working the way it is
supposed to before opening it up.
>Have you checked with the other RSC operators ? If I
>understand you correctly you're only taking registrations
>under the third level. I think list.box would be a great
>assent to the mailing list community or even as a mailbox
>service. I'm interested in that name. Perhaps you should
>join the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list where a lot of work
>is going on with deployment of new registries and infrastructure
>and you can give and take reources as you please and work out
>the peering arrangements with other TLD administrators
>and RSC operators.
We will be mirroring .box under a .box.?? ccTLD which is pending right
now (payments sometimes take a bit to be processed) for the DNS
challenged.
Things are really busy over here this summer as we have 3 open
projects in development, where normally we only have one at a time.
You can tell from my posting times how strange my working hours have
been lately.
We were using the ORSC root.zone on our servers, but an issue with
some of our tools that helped us monitor irregularities in the legacy
roots has caused us to switch back until we have time to fix the
software and make it work properly instead of the hacked up job it is
now.
>It's funny how in 3 years people move back and forth between
>niches. You stared out in cctlds and are not doing extended
>domains, whereas I started out with alternative domains, but
>seeing that come along fairly well with a strong community,
>will now shift my focus a bit to cctlds.
:)
Well, its nice to be able to not worry about the people one is paid to
represent and speak my mind. I've also changed my views somewhat
since then as I've watched the way this process has been railroaded.
Your and Steph's plans for routing around the damage is definitely
what is needed right now. Actually this project has been under way
since about April, but got put to the side briefly when an opportunity
to expand our local business came up.
But things are back in full swing and at this point we expect to have
both this registry and another free third level domain registry open
by the end of this month.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
