Looking over that list .. The .int - only a very small set of organisations could register one, so there’s absolutely no reason to keep it if it’s not being used.
The hyphenated domains - is there any “risk” in dropping them? I sincerely doubt it As for the rest - I’ve no strong feelings either way, but holding on to a bunch of domains “just because” is pointless And I wasn’t even aware that RIPE would even need to consult with the community or members on this kind of administrative matter . . Regards Michele -- Mr Michele Neylon Blacknight Solutions Hosting, Colocation & Domains http://www.blacknight.host/ http://blog.blacknight.com/ http://www.blacknight.press - get our latest news & media coverage http://www.technology.ie Intl. +353 (0) 59 9183072 Direct Dial: +353 (0)59 9183090 Social: http://mneylon.social Random Stuff: http://michele.irish ------------------------------- Blacknight Internet Solutions Ltd, Unit 12A,Barrowside Business Park,Sleaty Road,Graiguecullen,Carlow,Ireland Company No.: 370845 On 30/06/2015 13:41, "dns-wg on behalf of Ralf Weber" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: >Moin! > >On 30 Jun 2015, at 14:30, Romeo Zwart wrote: > >> Dear colleagues, >> >> The RIPE NCC holds a number of domains besides ripe.net. >> >> Some of these domains were only registered as a "protection" >> mechanism, which was considered good practice at the time. >Is this considered bad practice now? Was there a policy change I missed? > >> We now plan to release the following domains, which are not being >> actively used by the RIPE NCC: >> >> ripe-ncc.org >> ripe-ncc.com >> ripe-ncc.net >> ripencc.com >> ripencc.net >> ripencc.org >> ripelabs.net >> ripen.cc >> ripe.int >> ipv6roadshow.com >> ipv6roadshow.net >> ipv6roadshow.org >So we are talking about 12 domains. What is the hassle of keeping them? >I'm pretty "confident" the new owners won't do as good things with it >as the RIPE NCC. > >I would like to see more reasoning behind why you don't want to serve >these 12 domains any longer. > >So long >-Ralf > >
