Go to http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/cafiles/neuindex.htm then click on B.3 Core Policy Requirements.
You can also go to http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/usca/cafiles/SectionB_3.pdf and read that section. The bottom paragraph under "B.3.1 US NEXUS REQUIREMENT IMPLEMENTATION" which continues to the top of the next page mentions that the name servers must be located physically in the United States. sA At 12:28 PM 4/1/02 -0500, Eric Beck wrote: >Hi: > >Is there a definitive answer on this. This in itself is incredulous. Are >you sure that the requirement by the US Gov't wasn't that the root >nameservers be located on US soil? I for one, have never heard of such a >requirement, and I have scoured the Neustar documentation for any mention >of it, and can find none. > >Eric > > >At 09:44 AM 3/8/02 -0500, you wrote: > >This is correct, the requirement is that the servers must be physically > >located in the US > > > >I'm seeking further clarification of this for canadian entities that run > >their hosting in the US (or US companies that run their hosting in > >Canada). Other clarification I'm searching for is whether or not the IPs > >must be registered in the US as well (i.e. our ARIN block is registered to > >our Flint office, but the IPs are routed to IBM in Canada - another RSP > >has their IPs registered to a Canadian office, but the IPs are routed to a > >co-lo in the US) > > > >This is a DoC requirement imposed on the .us registry, thus far I've not > >gotten a response to the clarification (rather, I got a "We'll ask and > >find out" and nothing since) > > > >Charles Daminato > >TUCOWS Product Manager > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, Winston D. Neutel wrote: > > > >> > I don't see anything about hosting or nameservers to be in the U.S. The > >> > only requirements are that the *registrant* meet one of the nexus > >> > requirements. > >> > >> http://www.nic.us/policies/docs/ustld_nexus_requirements.pdf > >> On page 2 -- just above the description of Nexus Category 1 -- it says > that > >> the registrar must certify the following three things. > >> > >> <quote> > >> -- Certification that Registrant satisfies Nexus requirement - if not > >> completed, then registration will be rejected; > >> -- Basis for compliance (Nexus Category 1, 2, or 3) - if not > completed, then > >> registration will be rejected > >> -- Certification that the listed name servers are located within the > United > >> States - if not completed, then registration will be rejected > >> </quote> > >> > >> I read this to mean that the requirement that the name servers be located > >> within the US is in addition to the nexus requirements. > >> > >> Now, if you want to be very literal, requiring that the registrar > certifies > >> (at the time of registration) that the nameservers are located within > the US > >> is not quite the same as requiring that .us domain registrants never use > >> non-US nameservers . . . but splitting those hairs will be left for > someone > >> whose legal department has a bigger budget than mine :-) > >> > >> -Winston > >> > >> Scott Allan Director OpenSRS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
